Configuring the Solr library path
The location for library files in DataStax Enterprise is not the same location as open source Apache Solr™.
Contrary to the examples shown in the solrconfig.xml file that indicate support for relative paths, DSE Search does not support the relative path values that are set for the <lib> property and cannot find files in directories that are defined by the <lib> property.
The workaround is to place custom code or Solr contrib modules in the Solr library directories.
When the plugin JAR file is not in the directory that is defined by the <lib> property, attempts to deploy custom Solr libraries in DataStax Enterprise fail with java.lang.ClassNotFoundException and an error in the system.log like this:
ERROR [http-8983-exec-5] 2015-12-06 16:32:33,992 CoreContainer.java (line 956) Unable to create core: boogle.main
org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Error loading class 'com.boogle.search.CustomQParserPlugin'
at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.(SolrCore.java:851)
at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.(SolrCore.java:640)
at com.datastax.bdp.search.solr.core.CassandraCoreContainer.doCreate(CassandraCoreContainer.java:675)
at com.datastax.bdp.search.solr.core.CassandraCoreContainer.create(CassandraCoreContainer.java:234)
at com.datastax.bdp.search.solr.core.SolrCoreResourceManager.createCore(SolrCoreResourceManager.java:256)
at com.datastax.bdp.search.solr.handler.admin.CassandraCoreAdminHandler.handleCreateAction(CassandraCoreAdminHandler.java:117)
...
Caused by: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Error loading class 'com.boogle.search.CustomQParserPlugin'
at org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader.findClass(SolrResourceLoader.java:474)
at org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader.findClass(SolrResourceLoader.java:405)
at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.createInstance(SolrCore.java:541)
...
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.boogle.search.CustomQParserPlugin
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
...Workaround
Using the class in this example with the JAR file name com.boogle.search.CustomQParserPlugin-1.0.jar, follow these steps to get the custom plugin working on all DSE Search nodes.
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Define the parser in the search index config file:
<queryParser name="myCustomQP" class="com.boogle.search.CustomQParserPlugin"/> -
Place custom code or Solr contrib modules in the Solr library directories.
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Deploy the JAR file on all DSE Search nodes in the cluster in the appropriate
lib/directory.For example, package installations:
/usr/share/dse/solr/lib/com.boogle.search.CustomQParserPlugin-1.0.jar -
Reload the search index with the new configuration.
