Session presented at the 6th IndicThreads.com Conference on Java held in Pune, India on 2-3 Dec. 2011. http://Java.IndicThreads.com

1. Solr as your Search and
Suggest Engine
Karan Nangru
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2. What is Solr…….
• Enterprise search server that takes in data in
the form of documents (indexing) - JSON, XML,
HTTP binaries
• Query (HTTP GET) to fetch the results
• Internally – It’s a wrapper over Lucene
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3. What lured us to Solr
• A wrapper over Lucene with predefined
extensible features
• Jet set go…… (Web application Archive (WAR)
format)
• Provides cool search and suggest features
• Scalable
• Maven support
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4. Setting up the Solr server….
• the admin console….
• the admin query….
• the maven script….
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5. Storage Structure….
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6. Using Solr @ Java….
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7. Configuration and Schema….
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8. Tokenizer Factories…
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9. Token Filter Factories…
exam pl e s…
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10. Solr for Searching
• Configuration setup….
• Schema setup….
• Java client….
• JUnit….
example….
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11. Solr for Suggestions
• Configuration setup….
• Schema setup….
• Java client….
• JUnit….
example….
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12. Excess of anything is bad
There are various features available but
analyze your use case and only use
features that you REALLY need…..
The more you add, the larger the data, the
bulkier the operations, the slower the
response time
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13. The ease of scaling….
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14. thank you…
Karan Nangru
Senior Consultant @ Xebia IT Architects
Twitter ID: KaranNangru
http://karannangru.wordpress.com
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