Thanks Norberto and Hossma. That really helped me. Fist of all i deleted the contents in the example/solr directory and created a solx.xml that points to the multicore. That itself worked. Then based on Hossman's comment i deleted the actual solr directory and renamed the multicore directory to solr. Then i created a solr.xml inside that folder. This along with some edits i have done previously in some of the configuration files of JBOSS and solr.war has now made things in good shape.
Now i am able to use the multicore feature in JBOSS. Thanks again to both of you guys. One final question: Even thogh things are working fine, The debug messages that i get from the JBOSS console shows STDERR. A few lines from the JBOSS console while deploying solr.war: 11:44:20,578 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter init INFO: SolrDispatchFilter.init() 11:44:20,608 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader locateInstanceDir INFO: No /solr/home in JNDI 11:44:20,609 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader locateInstanceDir INFO: using system property solr.solr.home: C:\Search\apachesolr\example\solr 11:44:20,618 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer$Initializer initialize INFO: looking for solr.xml: C:\Search\apachesolr\example\solr\solr.xml 11:44:20,620 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader <init> INFO: Solr home set to 'C:\Search\apachesolr\example\solr/' 11:44:20,622 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/C:/Search/apachesolr/example/solr/lib/jetty-6.1.3.jar' to Solr classloader 11:44:20,623 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/C:/Search/apachesolr/example/solr/lib/jetty-util-6.1.3.jar' to Solr classloader 11:44:20,624 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/C:/Search/apachesolr/example/solr/lib/jsp-2.1/' to Solr classloader 11:44:20,625 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/C:/Search/apachesolr/example/solr/lib/ojdbc6-11.1.0.6.0.1.jar' to Solr classloader 11:44:20,626 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/C:/Search/apachesolr/example/solr/lib/servlet-api-2.5-6.1.3.jar' to Solr classloader 11:44:20,653 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer load INFO: loading shared library: C:\Search\apachesolr\example\solr\lib 11:44:20,655 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/C:/Search/apachesolr/example/solr/lib/jetty-6.1.3.jar' to Solr classloader 11:44:20,657 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/C:/Search/apachesolr/example/solr/lib/jetty-util-6.1.3.jar' to Solr classloader 11:44:20,658 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/C:/Search/apachesolr/example/solr/lib/jsp-2.1/' to Solr classloader 11:44:20,659 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/C:/Search/apachesolr/example/solr/lib/ojdbc6-11.1.0.6.0.1.jar' to Solr classloader 11:44:20,660 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/C:/Search/apachesolr/example/solr/lib/servlet-api-2.5-6.1.3.jar' to Solr classloader 11:44:20,689 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader <init> INFO: Solr home set to 'C:\Search\apachesolr\example\solr\core0/' 11:44:20,690 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:20 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Reusing parent classloader 11:44:21,188 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrConfig <init> INFO: Loaded SolrConfig: solrconfig.xml 11:44:21,225 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema readSchema INFO: Reading Solr Schema 11:44:21,278 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema readSchema INFO: Schema name=example core zero 11:44:21,315 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created string: org.apache.solr.schema.StrField 11:44:21,337 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created boolean: org.apache.solr.schema.BoolField 11:44:21,351 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created integer: org.apache.solr.schema.IntField 11:44:21,363 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created long: org.apache.solr.schema.LongField 11:44:21,375 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created float: org.apache.solr.schema.FloatField 11:44:21,388 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created double: org.apache.solr.schema.DoubleField 11:44:21,400 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created sint: org.apache.solr.schema.SortableIntField 11:44:21,413 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created slong: org.apache.solr.schema.SortableLongField 11:44:21,426 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created sfloat: org.apache.solr.schema.SortableFloatField 11:44:21,439 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created sdouble: org.apache.solr.schema.SortableDoubleField 11:44:21,463 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created date: org.apache.solr.schema.DateField 11:44:21,495 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.WhitespaceTokenizerFactory 11:44:21,497 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created text_ws: org.apache.solr.schema.TextField 11:44:21,506 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.WhitespaceTokenizerFactory 11:44:21,521 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.SynonymFilterFactory 11:44:21,530 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.StopFilterFactory 11:44:21,538 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.WordDelimiterFilterFactory 11:44:21,547 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.LowerCaseFilterFactory 11:44:21,555 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.EnglishPorterFilterFactory 11:44:21,565 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.RemoveDuplicatesTokenFilterFactory 11:44:21,571 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.WhitespaceTokenizerFactory 11:44:21,575 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.StopFilterFactory 11:44:21,578 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.WordDelimiterFilterFactory 11:44:21,581 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.LowerCaseFilterFactory 11:44:21,583 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.EnglishPorterFilterFactory 11:44:21,586 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.RemoveDuplicatesTokenFilterFactory 11:44:21,587 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created text: org.apache.solr.schema.TextField 11:44:21,597 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.WhitespaceTokenizerFactory 11:44:21,601 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.SynonymFilterFactory 11:44:21,604 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.StopFilterFactory 11:44:21,606 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.WordDelimiterFilterFactory 11:44:21,609 ERROR [STDERR] 7 Nov, 2008 11:44:21 AM org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader load INFO: created null: org.apache.solr.analysis.LowerCaseFilterFactory ........... similarly all the messages coming from solr are error messages, eventhogh things are working fine now. I am not sure whether it will affect the application at a later stage. I suspect that i am missing something in the classpath. Can anyone provide some tips on why this error message is displaying. Thanks again con Norberto Meijome-6 wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:45:40 -0800 (PST) > con <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> But for the first question, I am still not clear. >> I think to use the multicore feature we should inform the server. In the >> Jetty server, we are starting the server using: java >> -Dsolr.solr.home=multicore -jar start.jar >> Once the server is started I think it will take the parameters from >> multicore/solr.xml. >> >> But I am confused on how and where to pass this argument to JBOSS. > > Con, > Sorry, i don't have a jboss available to test... what happens if you use > the standard configuration ( with solr.xml @ the top level of your solr > directory, NOT in multicore/ ) > > launch it, look @ the debug messages , see which cores are picked up (from > the admin page ). > > FWIW, by having {solr_installation_directory}/solr.xml , I never had to > tell jetty where solr.xml was. IIRC, multicore/solr.xml is the layout in > the example app , because the default config is 1-core only. > > b > > _________________________ > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > "We must openly accept all ideologies and systems as means of solving > humanity's problems. 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