Installing Solr

Summary

This is a re-package of the Solr Install script created by Jeremy Davis in 2017, and found at https://gist.github.com/jermdavis/49018386ae7544ce0689568edb7ca2b8 in which I forked in February 2018 for use with Sitecore installations.

How to Use

1. Open a PowerShell command prompt with 'Run as Administrator'
2. At the prompt change the directory the location of this file
3. Ensure that Sitecore Installation Framework is installed by running powershell Get-Module SitecoreInstallFramework -ListAvailable
4. You need to confirm that you have at least 2.0.0 installed, updates can be achieved by running powershell Update-Module SitecoreInstallFramework
5. Update the following minimal parameters in SolrInstal-Config.json to represent your environment
   1. InstallFolder
   2. SolrHost
   3. SolrPort
   4. SolrServiceName
   5. SolrVersion
   6. JREVersion
6. Run the following command powershell Install-SitecoreConfiguration .\SolrInstall-config.json
7. If you at first get a cannot connect message in the browser, refresh and the Solr Admin UI should display

Optional Install Steps

1. Update the following minimal parameters in SolrInstal-Config.json to represent your environment
   1. InstallFolder
   2. SolrHost
   3. SolrPort
   4. SolrServiceName
   5. SolrVersion
   6. JREVersion
2. Run the following: powershell .\Install-Solr.ps1
   1. This will run a script that ensures that Sitecore Install Framework is on the machine and then runs the Solr installation based on the SolrInstall-config.json.