How to Install Apache Solr on Windows 10

Introduction

Apache Solr is an open-source search platform developed by the Apache Software Foundation. It allows you to build and deploy search-based applications quickly and easily. In this tutorial, we will provide you with the necessary steps to install Apache Solr on your Windows 10 machine.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the actual installation process, there are a few prerequisites that you should be aware of:

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 8 or higher installed on your Windows 10 machine.
• A web browser that supports HTML5 and JavaScript.

Step 1: Download and Extract Apache Solr

1. Go to the official website of Apache Solr, which is https://lucene.apache.org/solr/.
2. Click on the "Download" button located on the homepage.
3. Scroll down the page, find and select the version of Apache Solr that you want to download.
4. Click on the "Download" button next to the version you have selected.
5. Once the download is complete, extract the content of the compressed file to a directory of your choice.

Step 2: Start Apache Solr

1. Open the Command Prompt on your Windows 10 machine.
2. Navigate to the directory where you extracted Apache Solr using the "cd" command. For example, "cd C:\solr-".
3. Start Apache Solr by running the command "bin\solr start" in the Command Prompt.
4. Once Solr has started, you can access the administrative interface by opening a web browser and navigating to "http://localhost:8983/solr/#/".

Step 3: Create a Core

1. From the Solr administrative interface, click on the "Core Admin" tab in the left-hand column.
2. Click on the "Add Core" button at the top of the page.
3. Enter a unique name for your core and make sure that the "InstanceDir" points to the correct directory where you want to store your core data.
4. Click on the "Add Core" button to create the core.

Step 4: Indexing Your Data

1. From the Solr administrative interface, click on the name of the core that you just created.
2. Navigate to the "Data Import" tab and click on the "Full Import" button.
3. Once the indexing process is complete, you can use the Solr search capabilities to retrieve the indexed data.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Apache Solr on Windows 10. You can now build and deploy search-based applications using Solr's robust search capabilities.

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