Installing Apache Solr 4.1 on windows 7
Six easy steps to success...
- Make sure Java is installed
- Download Solr
- Install and launch Solr (it comes with Jetty as the app server)
- This is a Java servlet, so don't expect an installer, just unzip the contents of the
.zip
file into a folder
- This is a Java servlet, so don't expect an installer, just unzip the contents of the
- Use examples and docs to learn Solr
- Make your Solr install your own, using your own schema and documents
- If on Windows 7 Server, set the Solr server jar to start automatically on start/reboot
I can see that you're not familiar with Java Servlets and for such I would then recommend a nice Windows installer that not only Installs SolR, but also Apache.
http://bitnami.org/stack/solr
in a few clicks and no configuration changed, you will be up and running in a matter of minutes with a nice screen like:
By the way, Bitami not only provide you with a nice Windows Installer, but gives you as well a VM with Solr (so you can test it without screwing up your current system) plus a lot more methods to install and run SolR!