the problem is i need to deploy it on servers where i dont know what the absolute path will be .. basically my goal is to load solr with a different set of configuration files based on the environment its in. Is there a a better different way to do this
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Shawn Heisey <s...@elyograg.org> wrote: > On 4/15/2013 2:33 PM, Adeel Qureshi wrote: > > <Environment name="solr/home" override="true" type="java.lang.String" > > value="src/main/resources/solr-dev"/> > > > > but this leads to absolute path of > > > > INFO: Using JNDI solr.home: src/main/resources/solr-dev > > INFO: looking for solr.xml: > > C:\springsource\sts-2.8.1.RELEASE\src\main\resources\solr-dev\solr.xml > > If you use a relative path for the solr home as you have done, it will > be relative to the current working directory. The CWD can vary > depending on how tomcat gets started. In your case, the CWD seems to be > "C:\springsource\sts-2.8.1.RELEASE". If you change the CWD in the > tomcat startup, you will probably have to set the TOMCAT_HOME > environment variable for tomcat to start correctly, so I don't recommend > doing that. > > It is usually best to choose an absolute path for the solr home. Solr > will find solr.xml there, which it will use to find the rest of your > config(s). All paths in solr.xml and other solr config files can be > relative. > > What you are seeing as an absolute path is likely the current working > directory plus your solr home setting. > > Thanks, > Shawn > >
