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Where is $SOLR_HOME in SOLR 6.6.2?

I am trying to setup Basic Authentication for SOLR, and trying to follow their instructions: https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/6_6/basic-authentication-plugin.html

I created the security.json file, and now it says that I am supposed to put it in the $SOLR_HOME directory, if the instance is a standalone instance (which it is).

Where exactly is $SOLR_HOME? I googled to see that it's supposed to be where the solrconfig.xml or schema.xml file is, but because SOLR has multiple cores, those files exist in EVERY conf folder in EVERY core. So where is this file supposed to go?

Solution

  • $SOLR_HOME should be configured to point to the root of the cores and there should be a corresponding "solr.xml" in that location. You can copy the solr.xml from the Solr install directory under /server/solr/solr.xml

    Edit: Clarifying what I mean by "root of the cores". The parent folder. If you have multiple cores; each core will be contained in it's own folder. The $SOLR_HOME is the parent folder to these.