Please note that although the article talks about the ADDREPLICA command, that feature is coming in Solr 4.8, so don¹t be confused if you can¹t find it yet. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-5130
On 3/20/14, 7:45 AM, "Erick Erickson" <erickerick...@gmail.com> wrote: >You might find this useful: >http://heliosearch.org/solrcloud-assigning-nodes-machines/ > > >It uses the collections API to create your collection with zero >nodes, then shows how to assign your leaders to specific >machines (well, at least specify the nodes the leaders will >be created on, it doesn't show how to assign, for instance, >shard1 to nodeX).... > >It also shows a way to assign specific replicas on specific nodes >to specific shards, although as Mark says this is a transitional >technique. I know there's an "addreplica" command in the works >for the collections API that should make this easier, but that's >not released yet. > >Best, >Erick > > >On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Ugo Matrangolo ><ugo.matrang...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I would like some advice about the best way to bootstrap from scratch a >> SolrCloud cluster housing at least two collections with different >> sharding/replication setup. >> >> Going through the docs/'Solr In Action' book what I have sees so far is >> that there is a way to bootstrap a SolrCloud cluster with sharding >> configuration using the: >> >> -DnumShards=2 >> >> but this (afaik) works only for a single collection. What I need is a >>way >> to deploy from scratch a SolrCloud cluster housing (e.g.) two >>collections >> Foo and Bar where Foo has only one shard and is replicated everywhere >>while >> Bar has three shards and ,again, is replicated. >> >> I can't find a config file where to put this sharding plan and I'm >>starting >> to think that the only way to do this is after the deploy using the >> Collections API. >> >> Is there a best approach way to do this ? >> >> Ugo
