Ah cool, thanks for clarifying Chris - some of that multi-config management stuff gets confusing but much clearer from your description.
Cheers, Tim On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Chris Hostetter <hossman_luc...@fucit.org> wrote: > > : Yes, you can effectively chroot all the configs for a collection (to > : support multiple collections in same ensemble) - see wiki: > : http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrCloud#Zookeeper_chroot > > I don't think chroot is suitable for what's being asked about here ... > that would completely isolate two cloud clusters from eachother. > > i believe the intent of the question is asking about having a cloud > cluster in which multiple collections exist, and some collections use > differnet schema.xml files then other collections > > the short answer is: absolutely, each collecion can use completley > differnet sets of configs (just like in non-cloud mode each core can use > distinct configs) but to help make management easier when you have many > collections re-using the same set of configs there is the concept of a > "config set" ... you can push a set of configs into ZK with a specific > "configName", nad then refer to that config set name when creating > collections... > > https://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrCloud#Getting_your_Configuration_Files_into_ZooKeeper > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrCloud#Managing_collections_via_the_Collections_API > > > -Hoss
