Re: Solr 4.8 - Updating zkhost list in solr.xml without requiring a restart

2015-09-30 Thread Upayavira
Why don't you create DNS names, or such, so that you can replace a zookeeper instance at the same hostname:port rather than having to edit solr.xml across your whole Solr farm? The idea is that your list of zookeeper hostnames is a virtual one, not a real one. Upayavira On Wed, Sep 30, 2015, at

Re: Solr 4.8 - Updating zkhost list in solr.xml without requiring a restart

2015-09-30 Thread Shawn Heisey
On 9/29/2015 9:40 PM, pramodmm wrote: > In the meantime, please help me validate what we are doing is right. > Currently, our zookeeper instances are running on vmware machines and when > one of them dies and we get a new machine as a replacement - we install > zookeeper and make it a part of the

Re: Solr 4.8 - Updating zkhost list in solr.xml without requiring a restart

2015-09-30 Thread pramodEbay
> The idea is that your list of zookeeper hostnames is a virtual one, not > a real one. Thanks for the suggestion. Looks like I am not alone in thinking along the same lines. I am planning on doing that and was not sure if anyone else tried this approach and validated that it worked. --

Solr 4.8 - Updating zkhost list in solr.xml without requiring a restart

2015-09-29 Thread pramodEbay
Hi, Is there an example which I could use - to upload solr.xml in zookeeper and change zkhost entries on the fly and have solr instances be updated via zookeeper. This will prevent us from restarting each solr node everytime, a new zookeeper host is added or deleted. We are on Solr 4.8. Thanks,

Re: Solr 4.8 - Updating zkhost list in solr.xml without requiring a restart

2015-09-29 Thread Shawn Heisey
On 9/29/2015 5:59 PM, pramodEbay wrote: > Is there an example which I could use - to upload solr.xml in zookeeper and > change zkhost entries on the fly and have solr instances be updated via > zookeeper. This will prevent us from restarting each solr node everytime, a > new zookeeper host is

Re: Solr 4.8 - Updating zkhost list in solr.xml without requiring a restart

2015-09-29 Thread pramodmm
> Before we even think about upgrading the zookeeper functionality in > Solr, we must wait for the official 3.5 release from the zookeeper > project. Alpha (or Beta) software will not be included in Solr unless > it is the only way to fix a very serious bug. This is a new feature, > not a bug.