Apache Solr
by helior colorado
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
cron.php
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
cron.php node
∆=
search_index
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
cron.php node
∆=
search_index
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
content
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
content
$results
acquia.com/blog/drupal-search-how-indexing-works
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
content
$results
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
indexed
database
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
‣ Search box will only scan index
indexed
database
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
‣ Search box will only scan index
‣ Must match search string exactly
indexed
database
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
‣ Search box will only scan index
‣ Must match search string exactly
‣ limited support of operators
indexed
database
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
‣ Search box will only scan index
‣ Must match search string exactly
‣ limited support of operators
‣ (-) exclude term
indexed
database
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Drupal Search Process
‣ Search box will only scan index
‣ Must match search string exactly
‣ limited support of operators
‣ (-) exclude term
indexed ‣ (type:) content-type specific
database
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Installing Apache Solr
Search Server for Drupal
What you will need:
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Installing Apache Solr
Search Server for Drupal
What you will need:
‣ Hosting that supports Java
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Installing Apache Solr
Search Server for Drupal
What you will need:
‣ Hosting that supports Java
‣ Access to Command Line
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Install Java
# apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Get Solr Search Server
Get your nightly build at
http://people.apache.org/builds/lucene/solr/nightly/
# wget http://people.apache.org/
builds/lucene/solr/nightly/your-
nightly-build.zip
# unzip your-nightly-build.zip
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Install Apache Solr Module
http://drupal.org/project/apachesolr
Install but don’t enable!
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Get Solr PHP Client
# svn checkout -r6 http://solr-
php-client.googlecode.com/svn/
trunk/ SolrPhpClient
# mv SolrPhpClient drupal-root/
sites/all/modules/apachesolr/
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Enable Apache Solr Module
✓Solr Framework
✓Solr Search Components
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Get Solr PHP Client
# cd apache-solr/example
# java -jar start.jar
Check to see if server is running..
http://your-site:8983/solr/admin/form.jsp
Is it working with Drupal?
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Get Solr PHP Client
# cp drupal-root/sites/all/
modules/schema.xml apache-solr/
example/solr/conf/
# cp drupal-root/sites/all/
modules/solrconfig.xml apache-
solr/example/solr/conf/
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Thanks.
me@helior.info
Thursday, July 2, 2009