*1.empty Zookeeper* *2.empty index directories for solr* *3.empty solr.xml* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <solr persistent="true"> <cores adminPath="/admin/cores" zkClientTimeout="${zkClientTimeout:15000}" hostPort="${jetty.port:}" hostContext="solr"> </cores> </solr> *3.1 upload / link cfg in zookeeper for test collection* *4*.* start 4 solr servers on different machines* *5. Access server* : i see <There are no SolrCores running — for the current functionality we require at least one SolrCore, sorry :)> that's ok
*6. CREATE collection* http://hostname:15000/solr/admin/collections?action=CREATE&name=test&numShards=1&replicationFactor=4 this creates one core on each server with one shard named - test_shard1_replica1 - test_shard1_replica2 - test_shard1_replica3 - test_shard1_replica4 and persists it in solr.xml on each server. *but why are these core are not started?* and even on server reboot even though solr.xml says loadOnStartup="true" is still see ERROR on web admin UI <There are no SolrCores running — for the current functionality we require at least one SolrCore, sorry :)> I did try this once successfully and I think i am missing something now. Cannot see any errors in log that are severe -- Anirudha P. Jadhav