Please bear with me as I am rather new at drupal/hosting/creating sites. I have various modules working nicely on my Drupal 6.2 install, and am working towards building a directory with ratings. I am particularly keen to have faceted browsing and search.

I have followed the instructions for your module, but the following line loses me completely:

Now start the solr application by opening a shell, changing directory to apache-solr-1.2.x/example, and executing the command java -jar start.jar

Opening a shell? Eh?

I am using cPanel on the host server, but cannot see any way to 'open a shell' or otherwise run the start.jar file.

Any help appreciated!

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janusman’s picture

janusman commented

Normal shared hosting packages don't offer Shell access; but some can upgrade your account to include it. Steps you should take:

1) Ask your provider for shell access, and if they have it, ask them to activate it (it will most probably cost extra ??)
2) You will get some directions from them as to how to connect: to what host, with what user and password, etc.
3) You will also need a recent version of Java in that server, so also make sure to ask the provider if you have access to Java, and what version (ApacheSolr needs Java 1.7 I think)

You will need a Secure Shell program; a free one that works on Windows is PuTTY... you can Google it =)

robertdouglass’s picture

robertdouglass commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Thanks janusman. @geotech890: sorry for the technical instructions. Unfortunately, the Solr application is a Java webapp, and Java webapps have never been a cakewalk. "Shell" is also another word for "Terminal".

geotech890’s picture

geotech890 commented

Ok, that's a bit clearer for me now - thanks guys!

I think I'll leave it for now - I'm still finding my way around, so I'll worry about more advanced options later (trying to run before I can walk!)

Thanks for your responses, much appreciated

mattconnolly’s picture

mattconnolly commented

Apache Solr runs fine on Java 1.5 (ships with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard)

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.