1. chef-solr(8)
2. Chef Manual
3. chef-solr(8)

NAME

chef-solr - Runs as Chef's search server

SYNOPSIS

chef-solr (options)

-c, --config CONFIG

The configuration file to use

-d, --daemonize

Daemonize the process

-g, --group GROUP

Group to set privilege to

-l, --log_level LEVEL

Set the log level (debug, info, warn, error, fatal)

-L, --logfile LOGLOCATION

Set the log file location, defaults to STDOUT - recommended for daemonizing

-P, --pid PIDFILE

Set the PID file location, defaults to /tmp/chef-solr.pid

-D, --solr-data-dir PATH

Where the Solr data lives

-x, --solor-heap-size SIZE

Set the size of the Java Heap

-H, --solr-home-dir PATH

Solr home directory

-j, --java-opts OPTS

Raw options passed to Java

-x, --solor-heap-size

Set the size of the Java Heap

-W, --solr-jetty-dir PATH

Where to place the Solr Jetty instance

-u, --user USER

User to set privilege to

-v, --version

Show chef-solr version

-h, --help

Show this message

DESCRIPTION

Chef-solr provides search service for Chef. You need to have both chef-solr and chef-expander-cluster running in order for search to work.

Installation

Make sure you backed up your data if you are upgrading from a previous version. Run chef-solr-installer to upgrade your Chef Solr installation. Answer "yes" when prompted for confirmation. The process should look like this:

yourshell> chef-solr-installer
Configuration setting solr_heap_size is unknown and will be ignored

Chef Solr is already installed in /var/chef/solr
Do you want to overwrite the current install? All existing Solr data will be lost. [y/n] y
Removing the existing Chef Solr installation
  rm -rf /var/chef/solr
  rm -rf /var/chef/solr-jetty
  rm -rf /var/chef/solr/data
Creating Solr Home Directory
  mkdir -p /var/chef/solr
  entering /var/chef/solr
  tar zxvf /Users/ddeleo/opscode/chef/chef-solr/solr/solr-home.tar.gz
Creating Solr Data Directory
  mkdir -p /var/chef/solr/data
Unpacking Solr Jetty
  mkdir -p /var/chef/solr-jetty
  entering /var/chef/solr-jetty
  tar zxvf /Users/ddeleo/opscode/chef/chef-solr/solr/solr-jetty.tar.gz

Successfully installed Chef Solr.
You can restore your search index using `knife index rebuild`

SEE ALSO

chef-expander-cluster(8)

Full documentation for Chef and chef-server is located on the Chef wiki, http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home.

AUTHOR

Chef was written by Adam Jacob adam@ospcode.com of Opscode (http://www.opscode.com), with contributions from the community. This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman joshua@opscode.com with help2man. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the Apache 2.0 License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0.

1. Chef 11.8.0
2. October 2013
3. chef-solr(8)