In standalone, Solr will use core discovery to figure out what cores to load. 
Read more about it at 
https://solr.apache.org/guide/8_8/defining-core-properties.html
In short, any sub folder below SOLR_HOME containg a core.properties file will 
be loaded as a core.

Jan

> 18. mai 2021 kl. 13:10 skrev Steve Smith <[email protected]>:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to SOLR and am struggling with this aspect.
> 
> How does SOLR know which cores to load when it starts?
> 
> Our SOLR_HOME var is set to "/var/solr/data".
> 
> There were 6 cores loaded before I stopped SOLR. - (opt/solr8-8.6.2/bin/solr 
> stop -p 8983)
> 
> I then started SOLR with opt/solr8-8.6.2/bin/solr start.
> 
> When I then went to the admin UI I can now only see 5 cores loaded.
> 
> In the /var/solr/data folder there are many other cores (test stuff / junk ) 
> that are not being loaded when I start SOLR. I can see all the other hero 
> cores that have loaded, as well as the villain core that hasn't loaded.
> 
> SOLRCore documentation says that SOLR will automatically find any cores in or 
> below SOLR_HOME which in our case I believe is /var/solr/data, so I am 
> stumped as to why it's not loading the other junk cores, why it's loading 
> these hero cores,  and why it isn't loading the villain core.
> 
> I don't think I can use the UI ADD Core option as it looks to me as if it 
> wants to create the core whereas the core already exists.
> 
> Can anyone help me understand what's going on? Is there something like a 
> master config file I am missing that lists all the cores to be loaded?
> 
> Can I add the villain core to the SOLR instance from a command line?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Steve

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