How to Index Data in Solr
The exampledocs directory contains samples of the types of instructions Solr expects, as well as a java utility for posting them from the command line (a post.sh shell script is also available, but for this tutorial we’ll use the cross-platform Java client).
To try this, open a new terminal window, enter the exampledocs directory, and run “java -jar post.jar” on some of the XML files in that directory, indicating the URL of the Solr server:
chrish@asimov:~/solr/example/exampledocs$ java -jar post.jar solr.xml monitor.xml SimplePostTool: version 1.2 SimplePostTool: WARNING: Make sure your XML documents are encoded in UTF-8, other encodings are not currently supported SimplePostTool: POSTing files to http://localhost:8983/solr/update.. SimplePostTool: POSTing file solr.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file monitor.xml SimplePostTool: COMMITting Solr index changes..
You have now indexed two documents in Solr, and committed these changes. You can now search for “solr” using the “Make a Query” interface on the Admin screen, and you should get one result. Clicking the “Search” button should take you to the following URL…
http://localhost:8983/solr/select/?stylesheet=&q=solr&version=2.1&start=0&rows=10&indent=on
You can index all of the sample data, using the following command (assuming your shell supports the *.xml notation):
chrish@asimov:~/solr/example/exampledocs$ java -jar post.jar *.xml SimplePostTool: version 1.2 SimplePostTool: WARNING: Make sure your XML documents are encoded in UTF-8, other encodings are not currently supported SimplePostTool: POSTing files to http://localhost:8983/solr/update.. SimplePostTool: POSTing file hd.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file ipod_other.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file ipod_video.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file mem.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file monitor.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file monitor2.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file mp500.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file sd500.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file solr.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file spellchecker.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file utf8-example.xml SimplePostTool: POSTing file vidcard.xml SimplePostTool: COMMITting Solr index changes..