# vivo-solr Configuration and Installation instructions for VIVO's external Solr ## Requirements This configuration has been tested with VIVO 1.11.0 and Solr 4.7.0 # Quick Start 1. Download and install Solr 7.4.0 - [http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/lucene/solr/7.4.0](http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/lucene/solr/7.4.0) 1. Create directory: ``` ${SOLR_HOME}//opt/solr/solr-7.4.0/server/solr/vivocore/ ``` - Where ${SOLR_HOME} is the directory in which you installed Solr 1. Add the `vivocore` directory of this GitHub repo and its contents into ${SOLR_HOME}/server/solr/ - The end result should be a directory structure such as ``` ${SOLR_HOME}/server/solr/vivocore/core.properties └── conf/ ├── currency.xml ├── elevate.xml └── ... ``` 1. Start solr ```bash ${SOLR_HOME}/bin/solr start ``` 1. Update VIVO runtime.properties ``` vitro.local.solr.url = http://localhost:8983/solr/solrcore ``` 1. Start VIVO! # Credits The VIVO-specific configuration and general source of this repository comes from: [Huda Khan](https://github.com/hudajkhan) [SolrVIVOConfiguration](https://github.com/hudajkhan/SolrVIVOConfiguration)