Quick Tutorial - Setup a Solr instance

Before we start installing Solr instance on any machine, we should be clear on few concepts.

What is Solr?

Solr is Apache's product and a fast open-source Java search server.

Why we need it?

Solr enables you to easily create search engine for websites, databases and files.

How can we install it?

You can download any version of Solr from http://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/.

Steps to install after it is downloaded-

Extract the downloaded Solr package and copy it on C or D drive
Please make sure latest version of Java is installed on machine.
You can start Solr instance by below command:

java -jar start.jar

By default, Solr will run on port 8983. However you can change it ../etc/Jetty.xml file. Look for <set name="port"><SystemProperty name="jetty.port" default="8983"></set> and change it.
You can keep the below command in .bet file and run it automatically.

"C:\solr-6.1.0\bin\solr" restart -h localhost -p 8984

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