Uploading the schema and configuration

Create a Solr index by posting solrconfig.xml and schema.xml to a DSE Search node in the DataStax Enterprise cluster.

After writing schema.xml and solrconfig.xml files, use dsetool to post them to a DSE Search node in the DataStax Enterprise cluster to create a Solr index. You can also post additional resource files.

Resource files are stored in Cassandra database, not in the file system. The schema.xml and solrconfig.xml resources are persisted in the solr_admin.solr_resources database table. You can disable resource loading and define the maximum Solr resource upload size limit with the solr_resource_upload_limit_mb option in the dse.yaml file.

Procedure

  1. Post the configuration file using the curl command line tool:
    curl http://localhost:8983/solr/resource/keyspace.table/solrconfig.xml
      --data-binary @solrconfig.xml -H 'Content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8'
  2. Post the schema file:
    curl http://localhost:8983/solr/resource/keyspace.table/schema.xml
      --data-binary @schema.xml -H 'Content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8'
  3. Post any other resources that you might need.
    curl http://localhost:8983/solr/resource/keyspace.table/myResourceFile.xml
      --data-binary @schema.xml -H 'Content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8'
    
    You can specify a path:
    curl http://localhost:8983/solr/resource/keyspace.table/myPath1/myPath2/myResourceFile.xml
      --data-binary @schema.xml -H 'Content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8'
    To verify the resources after they are posted, view the Solr admin table.