Thanks Erick and Ilan. I am using APIs to create core and collection and have removed all the entries from core.properties. Currently I am facing init failure and debugging it. Will write back if I am facing any issues.
Best, Modassar On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 3:20 AM Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do note, though, that the default value for legacyCloud changed from > true to false so even though you can get it to work by setting > this cluster prop I wouldn’t… > > The change in the default value is why it’s failing for you. > > > > On Nov 3, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Ilan Ginzburg <ilans...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I second Erick's recommendation, but just for the record legacyCloud was > > removed in (upcoming) Solr 9 and is still available in Solr 8.x. Most > > likely this explains Modassar why you found it in the documentation. > > > > Ilan > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 5:11 PM Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> You absolutely need core.properties files. It’s just that they > >> should be considered an “implementation detail” that you > >> should rarely, if ever need to be aware of. > >> > >> Scripting manual creation of core.properties files in order > >> to define your collections has never been officially supported, it > >> just happened to work. > >> > >> Best, > >> Erick > >> > >>> On Nov 3, 2020, at 11:06 AM, Modassar Ather <modather1...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Thanks Erick for your response. > >>> > >>> I will certainly use the APIs and not rely on the core.properties. I > was > >>> going through the documentation on core.properties and found it to be > >> still > >>> there. > >>> I have all the solr install scripts based on older Solr versions and > >> wanted > >>> to re-use the same as the core.properties way is still available. > >>> > >>> So does this mean that we do not need core.properties anymore? > >>> How can we ensure that the core name is configurable and not > dynamically > >>> set? > >>> > >>> I will try to use the APIs to create the collection as well as the > cores. > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> Modassar > >>> > >>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 5:55 PM Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com > > > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> You’re relying on legacyMode, which is no longer supported. In > >>>> older versions of Solr, if a core.properties file was found on disk > Solr > >>>> attempted to create the replica (and collection) on the fly. This is > no > >>>> longer true. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Why are you doing it this manually instead of using the collections > API? > >>>> You can precisely place each replica with that API in a way that’ll > >>>> be continued to be supported going forward. > >>>> > >>>> This really sounds like an XY problem, what is the use-case you’re > >>>> trying to solve? > >>>> > >>>> Best, > >>>> Erick > >>>> > >>>>> On Nov 3, 2020, at 6:39 AM, Modassar Ather <modather1...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> I am migrating from Solr 6.5.1 to Solr 8.6.3. As a part of the entire > >>>>> upgrade I have the first task to install and configure the solr with > >> the > >>>>> core and collection. The solr is installed in SolrCloud mode. > >>>>> > >>>>> In Solr 6.5.1 I was using the following key values in core.properties > >>>> file. > >>>>> The configuration files were uploaded to zookeeper using the upconfig > >>>>> command. > >>>>> The core and collection was automatically created with the setting in > >>>>> core.properties files and the configSet uploaded in zookeeper and it > >> used > >>>>> to display on the Solr 6.5.1 dashboard. > >>>>> > >>>>> numShards=12 > >>>>> > >>>>> name=mycore > >>>>> > >>>>> collection=mycore > >>>>> > >>>>> configSet=mycore > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> With the latest Solr 8.6.3 the same approach is not working. As per > my > >>>>> understanding the core is identified using the location of > >>>> core.properties > >>>>> which is under *<SOLR_HOME>/mycore/core.properties.* > >>>>> > >>>>> Can you please help me with the following? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> - Is there any property I am missing to load the core and collection > >> as > >>>>> it used to be in Solr 6.5.1 with the help of core.properties and > >>>> config set > >>>>> on zookeeper? > >>>>> - The name of the core and collection should be configurable and not > >>>> the > >>>>> dynamically generated names. How can I control that in the latest > >> Solr? > >>>>> - Is the core and collection API the only way to create core and > >>>>> collection as I see that the core is also not getting listed even if > >>>> the > >>>>> core.properties file is present? > >>>>> > >>>>> Please note that I will be doing a full indexing once the setup is > >> done. > >>>>> > >>>>> Kindly help me with your suggestions. > >>>>> > >>>>> Best, > >>>>> Modassar > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> > >
