"But a multi-core setup is a multi-core setup, there's no way to have an index accessible at a non-core URL in a multi-core setup."
Isn't there? What about "defaultCoreName" parameter? from the wiki: "The name of a core that will be used for requests that don't specify a core. If you have one core and want to use the features specified on this page, then this provides a way to keep your URLs the same." You will need to set up the directory structure for that core, something like: solrHome ---- originalCore (new core directory) -------- conf (existing running index) ---- core1 (new core directory) -------- conf (new configuration) ---- solr.xml (declare both cores, and set "originalCore" as defaultCoreName ) Haven't tried it, but I think it should work. See http://wiki.apache.org/solr/CoreAdmin#solr On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <rochk...@jhu.edu> wrote: > Nope. But you can move your existing index into a core in a multi-core > setup. But a multi-core setup is a multi-core setup, there's no way to have > an index accessible at a non-core URL in a multi-core setup. > > > On 6/28/2011 2:53 PM, lee carroll wrote: > >> hi >> I'm looking at setting up multi core indices but also have an exiting >> index. Can I run >> this index along side new index set up as cores. On a dev machine >> I've experimented with >> simply adding solr.xml in slor home and listing the new cores in the >> cores element but this breaks the existing >> index. >> >> container is tomcat and attempted set up was: >> >> solrHome >> ---- conf (existing running index) >> ---- core1 (new core directory) >> ---- solr.xml (cores element has one entry for core1) >> >> Is this a valid approach ? >> >> thanks lee >> >>