Exactly the insight I was looking for! Thanks Yonik ;-)
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Yonik Seeley <yo...@lucidworks.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Timothy Potter <thelabd...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Trying to add some information about core.properties and auto-discovery > in > > Solr in Action and am at a loss for what to tell the reader is the > purpose > > of this feature. > > IMO, it was more a removal of unnecessary central configuration. > You previously had to list the core in solr.xml, and now you don't. > Cores should be fully self-describing so that it should be easy to > move them in the future just by moving the core directory (although > that may not yet work...) > > -Yonik > http://lucidworks.com > > > Can anyone point me to any background information about core > > auto-discovery? I'm not interested in the technical implementation > details. > > Mainly I'm trying to understand the motivation behind having this feature > > as it seems unnecessary with the Core Admin API. Best I can tell is it > > removes a manual step of firing off a call to the Core Admin API or > loading > > a core from the Admin UI. If that's it and I'm overthinking it, then cool > > but was expecting more of an "ah-ha" moment with this feature ;-) > > > > Any insights you can share are appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > Tim >
