On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Chantal Ackermann<chantal.ackerm...@btelligent.de> wrote: > Paul Tomblin schrieb: >> The conf file says: >> <dataDir>${solr.data.dir:./solr/data}</dataDir> >> That indicates to me that there is some way to override that default >> ./solr/data involving something called solr.data.dir, but I don't know >> if that's an environment variable, or a system property, or what. > > hi Paul, > > it can be specified in the many ways solr.home can. > e.g. on startup add -Dsolr.data.dir=/path/to/your/data/dir > > or replace/extend the value in solrconfig.xml. > > the default is in solr.home/data, imho.
I discovered that I can set the environment variable in conf/Catalina/localhost/solr.xml <Context docBase="/Users/ptomblin/src/solr/example/webapps/solr.war" debug="0" crossContext="true" > <Environment name="solr/home" type="java.lang.String" value="/Users/ptomblin/src/lucidity/solr" override="true" /> <Environment name="solr.data.dir" type="java.lang.String" value="/Users/ptomblin/src/lucidity/solr/data" override="true" /> </Context> -- http://www.linkedin.com/in/paultomblin