There is a reason of course, or else it wouldn't be like that. We addressed it recently.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-3633 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-3677 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4943 - Mark On Jul 22, 2013, at 10:57 AM, Michael Della Bitta <michael.della.bi...@appinions.com> wrote: > That would be great. > > One step toward this goal is to stop treating the situation where there are > no collections or cores as an error condition. It took me a while to get > out of the mindset when bringing up a Solr install that I had to avoid that > scenario at all costs, because red text == bad. > > There's no reason for the web interface to be deactivated when there are no > collections or cores, though. Imagine if mysql didn't let you connect to it > via phpmyadmin if you hadn't configured a database yet? > > > Michael Della Bitta > > Applications Developer > > o: +1 646 532 3062 | c: +1 917 477 7906 > > appinions inc. > > “The Science of Influence Marketing” > > 18 East 41st Street > > New York, NY 10017 > > t: @appinions <https://twitter.com/Appinions> | g+: > plus.google.com/appinions > w: appinions.com <http://www.appinions.com/> > > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Mark Miller <markrmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> A lot has changed since those example were written - in general, we are >> moving away from that type of collection initialization and towards using >> the Collections API. Eventually, I'd personally like SolrCloud to ship with >> no predefined collections and have users simply start it and then start >> using the Collections API - preconfigured collections will be second class >> and possibly deprecated at some point. >> >> - Mark >> >> On Jul 20, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Flavio: >>> >>> One of the great things about having people continually using Solr >>> (and SolrCloud) for the first time is the opportunity to improve the >>> docs. Anyone can update/add to the docs, all it takes is a signon. >>> Unfortunately we has a bunch of spam bots a while ago, so it's now a >>> two step process >>> 1> create a login on the Solr wiki >>> 2> post a message on this list indicating that you'd like to help >>> improve the Wiki and give us your Solr login. We'll add you to the >>> list of people who can edit the wiki and you can help the community by >>> improving the documentation. >>> >>> Best >>> Erick >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Flavio Pompermaier >>> <pomperma...@okkam.it> wrote: >>>> Thank you for the reply Erick, >>>> I was facing exactly with that problem..from the documentation it seems >>>> that those parameter are required to run SolrCloud, >>>> instead they are just used to initialize a sample collection.. >>>> I think that in the examples on the user doc it should be better to >>>> separate those 2 concepts: one is starting the server, >>>> another one is creating/managing collections. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Flavio >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Erick Erickson < >> erickerick...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> First the numShards parameter is only relevant the very first time you >>>>> create your collection. It's a little confusing because in the >> SolrCloud >>>>> examples you're getting "collection1" by default. Look further down the >>>>> SolrCloud Wiki page, the section titled >>>>> "Managing Collections via the Collections API" for creating collections >>>>> with a different name. >>>>> >>>>> Either way, either when you run the bootstrap command or when you >>>>> create a new collection, that's the only time numShards counts. It's >>>>> ignored the rest of the time. >>>>> >>>>> As far as data growing, you need to either >>>>> 1> create enough shards to handle the eventual size things will be, >>>>> sometimes called "oversharding" >>>>> or >>>>> 2> use the splitShard capabilities in very recent Solrs to expand >>>>> capacity. >>>>> >>>>> Best >>>>> Erick >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Flavio Pompermaier >>>>> <pomperma...@okkam.it> wrote: >>>>>> Hi to all, >>>>>> Probably this question has a simple answer but I just want to be sure >> of >>>>>> the potential drawbacks..when I run SolrCloud I run the main solr >>>>> instance >>>>>> with the -numShard option (e.g. 2). >>>>>> Then as data grows, shards could potentially become a huge number. If >> I >>>>>> hadstio to restart all nodes and I re-run the master with the >> numShard=2, >>>>>> what will happen? It will be just ignored or Solr will try to reduce >>>>>> shards...? >>>>>> >>>>>> Another question...in SolrCloud, how do I restart all the cloud at >> once? >>>>> Is >>>>>> it possible? >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Flavio >>>>> >> >>
