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David Smiley commented on SOLR-17862:
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Agreed Christos.
Disclaimer: I'm not a fan of the config API at all; I've only ever used it
experimentally. I'd rather it be disabled by default for security purposes.
TBH, I'd rather it go away altogether. There, I've said it; maybe I'm a
heretic. I think it's implementation & approach is a large maintenance burden
for our project, having both code for and conceptually different ways of
thinking of adding/configuring a component. I think the concept could have
been approached differently in a way that considers the maintenance / cognitive
burden of the feature for both us maintainers, and a user. For example imagine
if the API was XML snippet driven that was literally 1:1 with our
documented/understood config file.
> Config API is not per-collection; applies to all collections using the same
> configset
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>
> Key: SOLR-17862
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-17862
> Project: Solr
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Chris M. Hostetter
> Priority: Major
>
> The "Config API" uses a URL path prefix of
> {{/api/collections/<<COLLECTION_NAME>>/config}} and [has documentation that
> says|https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/configuration-guide/config-api.html]...
> {quote}
> All Config API endpoints are collection-specific, meaning this API can
> inspect or modify the configuration for a single collection at a time.
> {quote}
> ...but this is a lie. Using the Config API to modify any aspect of a
> collection actually modifies the {{configoverlay.json}} in the configset, and
> impacts all collections using that configset.
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> * The "Config API" should be changed to use some new a URL path prefix that
> is specific to the name of the configset (Example:
> {{/api/configset-props/<<CONFIGSET_NAME>>/}})
> * The Existing {{/api/collections/<<COLLECTION_NAME>>/config}} URL should be
> deprecated
> * Documentation should be updated accordingly
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