[Archivesspace_Users_Group] The best way to implement Solr - confused by documentation

Mon May 1 12:02:20 EDT 2023

Hi,

I wrote up my Solr installation step in this gist. Maybe it would be useful
for others. (The manual installation instructions may be incomplete,
though.)

https://gist.github.com/jessemartinez/f6bd547dfbe0ce935dda9e3132025473

Jesse

On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 11:25 AM Brian Hoffman <brian.hoffman at lyrasis.org>
wrote:

> Hi Eric,
>
>
>
> As of now, ArchivesSpace targets Solr 8.x.
>
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>
> Brian
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> *From: *archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Gadsby, Eric T. <egadsby at towson.edu>
> *Date: *Monday, May 1, 2023 at 11:03 AM
> *To: *Archivesspace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] The best way to implement Solr
> - confused by documentation
>
> So I tried doing this from my home directory – aka not running the
> installer script and this is what I’ve got now:
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> /home/theadmin/solr-9.2.0/bin/solr create_core -c archivesspace -d solr
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>
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> ERROR: Error CREATEing SolrCore 'archivesspace': Unable to create core
> [archivesspace] Caused by: solr.ICUCollationField
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> Please correct me if I’m wrong but it seems to be reading the config but
> triping on a value therein. Ideas? Thanks!
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> *From: *archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Gadsby, Eric T. <egadsby at towson.edu>
> *Date: *Monday, May 1, 2023 at 9:54 AM
> *To: *Archivesspace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] The best way to implement Solr
> - confused by documentation
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> Hi,
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>
> I tried this from my fresh install of Solr. It didn’t work.
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> "[theadmin at aspace3-test-localdomain archivesspace]$ /opt/solr/bin/solr
> create_core -c archivesspace -d /opt/archivesspace//solr
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> ERROR: Failed to create new core instance directory:
> /var/solr/data/archivesspace"
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> I wondered about the path so I tried this:
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> "[theadmin at aspace3-test-localdomain archivesspace]$ /opt/solr/bin/solr
> create_core -c archivesspace -d /opt/archivesspace//solr
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>
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> ERROR: Failed to create new core instance directory:
> /var/solr/data/archivesspace"
>
>
>
> This is Solr installed as laid out at
> https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/deployment-guide/taking-solr-to-production.html
> and I have moved the ArchivesSpace files in to the A
> solr/server/solr/configsets/archivesspace/conf/. Any help would be
> appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
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> *From: *archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Brian Hoffman <brian.hoffman at lyrasis.org>
> *Date: *Monday, May 1, 2023 at 4:14 AM
> *To: *Archivesspace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] The best way to implement Solr
> - confused by documentation
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> Hi Eric,
>
>
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> There are different ways to do it, but this is what I recommend with a
> standard Solr install:
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>    1. Start Solr:
>
> solr start -p 8983
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>    1. Cd to where you installed archivesspace:
>
> cd /opt/archivesspace
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>
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>    1. Create a new Solr core:
>
> /opt/solr/bin/solr create_core -c archivesspace -d solr
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>    1. Navigate to http://yourserver:8983/solr and confirm that the
>    collection ‘archivesspace’ exists in the dropdown on the left side.
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> Brian
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> *From: *archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Gadsby, Eric T. <egadsby at towson.edu>
> *Date: *Friday, April 28, 2023 at 5:32 PM
> *To: *Archivesspace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] The best way to implement Solr
> - confused by documentation
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> Brian,
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>
> Thanks!  Let me make sure I understand…
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>    1. Download ArchivesSpace, stick it someplace… let’s say /opt
>    2. Download Solr , stick it someplace… let’s say /opt
>    3. mkdir -p /$path/$to/$solr/server/solr/configsets/archivesspace/conf
>    4. Copy the configutrtion files from ArchivesSpace to
>    /$path/$to/$solr/server/solr/configsets/archivesspace/conf
>    5. solr start -p 8983
>    6. solr create_core -c archivesspace -d solr
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>
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> Then I would need to define the Solr path in the ArchivesSpace config file
> and start it.  What would be your suggestion on how to make Solr survive a
> reboot?
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> Thanks again!
>
>
>
>
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> Brian Hoffman <brian.hoffman at lyrasis.org>
> *Date: *Friday, April 28, 2023 at 4:34 PM
> *To: *Archivesspace Users Group <
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> *Subject: *Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] The best way to implement Solr
> - confused by documentation
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> Hi Eric,
>
>
>
> I recommend trying a simpler approach:
>
>
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> First, start solr. For example:
>
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> solr start -p 8983
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> Then cd to where you installed archivesspace and:
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> solr create_core -c archivesspace -d solr
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> Once you do that, you should be able to navigate to http://host:8983 and
> see the ‘archivesspace’ core in the collection dropdown.
>
>
>
> Brian
>
>
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> *From: *archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Gadsby, Eric T. <egadsby at towson.edu>
> *Date: *Friday, April 28, 2023 at 3:31 PM
> *To: *Archivesspace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject: *[Archivesspace_Users_Group] The best way to implement Solr -
> confused by documentation
>
> Dear Friends,
>
>
>
> In relationship to my previous message about moving our ArchivesSpace to a
> new server I am in the process of setting up Solr in our test environment
> and having troubles.
>
>
>
> I set up Solr as outlined at
> https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/deployment-guide/taking-solr-to-production.html;
> specifically running the install script that places all files in the
> correct places, makes a solr user, and sets the start-up process. Solr
> installed fine but I could not make the ArchivesSpace core using the
> process laid out at
> https://archivesspace.github.io/tech-docs/provisioning/solr.html; I got
> an error.
>
>
>
> Now here is where I have found a contradiction. The ArchivesSpace
> documentation instructs you to follow the Solr documentation. The Solr
> documentation says to run the script but that starts Solr while the
> ArchivesSpace documentation goes onto says to * not* run Solr before
> importing the ArchivesSpace configuration files.  Which is accurate?
>
>
>
> I have rolled my testing environment back and am trying again.  In trying
> to get a better understanding I looked at Blake’s video at
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KbD0M_XfqI.  In the video he says to
> simply move solr to /opt and you’re done, no need to run the script.  Is
> that the case?  Perhaps I am over thinking this but don’t you need to
> script to set up all the things Solr need like it’s own user and init
> file.  The Solr document says you can start the software from anywhere (ie
> your home directory) but they call it a “toy” install and cautions you not
> to overtax it suggesting you should test that way but run a full install.
>
>
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> As I roll up my sleaves to try again any guidance would be most helpful.
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
>
>
>
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