After you have your instance of Solr is running, you can navigate to its admin interface with a browser. For example:
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Solr Links
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Solr Link |
Displays |
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SCHEMA |
Displays the XML schema file that defines the collection for this Solr instance. |
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CONFIG |
Displays the Solr configuration file, solrconfig.xml. |
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ANALYSIS |
Links ot the Field Analysis GUI for testing out how the Analyzers for different fields will behave |
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STATISTICS |
Displays a subset of the data appearing on the INFO page. This data does change as the objects collect statistics over time. |
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INFO |
Displays a page that displays data in these Catagories: |
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DISTRIBUTION |
If you are looking at a Master instance, each row displays the name of the slave and the snapshots it has retrieved. If you are looking at a Slave instance, it will display one line showing the name of its last attempt to retrieve a snapshot off its master. See also CollectionDistribution. |
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PING |
If successful, HTTP 200 is returned to browser but nothing is displayed. If unsuccessful, HTTP 500 (an error) is returned and an exception message displayed. |
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LOGGING |
Displays the Log Level page that allows you to set these levels: |
AppServer Links
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App Server Link |
Displays |
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PROPERTIES |
Displays a JSP that contains the properties of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). |
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THREAD DUMP |
Displays a thread dump of the appserver. |
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ENABLE/DISABLE |
This link is only displayed if a healthcheck directive appears in the admin block ofthe Solr config. When using load balancers it makes it easy to take a server in/out of rotation by making a healthcheck succeed/fail |
Make a Query Links
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Make a Query Link |
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FULL INTERFACE |
To make a more customized query use the Full Interface page where you can stipulate the following: a full Solr/Lucene Statement, Protocol Version, Start Row, Maximum Rows Returned, Query Type, and Style Sheet. |
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Full Interface Parameters Page |
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Solr/Lucene Statement |
Use this field to a query in Lucene's query language. For detailed information on Lucene see |
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Protocol Version |
The format version that is used to return responses. Defaults to the latest, currently 2.1 |
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Start Row |
Zero based offset of matching documents to return |
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Maximum Rows |
Maximum number of documents to return |
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Query Type |
Selects the query handler for this request. Default is *standard*. |
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Style Sheet |
The Style Sheet determines the look of the Search Results. |