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Building Apache Solr

General Notes:

  • When following the steps below, please use a standard permission user unless otherwise specified.

  • A directory /<source_root>/ will be referred to in these instructions, this is a temporary writable directory anywhere you'd like to place it.

Apache Solr binaries are available and can be downloaded from here. To use these binaries, different Java flavors can be installed on mentioned distributions.

Note: Apache Solr (v9.8.0) was verified at the time of creation of these instructions

1. Install Dependencies

export SOURCE_ROOT=/<source_root>/

  • RHEL (8.8, 8.10, 9.2, 9.4, 9.5)

    sudo yum install -y git tar wget lsof procps-ng

  • SLES 15 SP6

    sudo zypper install -y git tar wget gzip gawk lsof

  • Ubuntu (20.04, 22.04, 24.04, 24.10)

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git tar wget lsof

2. Install Java

  • With IBM Semeru Runtime (previously known as AdoptOpenJDK openj9).

    • Download and install IBM Semeru Runtime (Java 11, Java 17 or 21) from here.

  • With Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime (previously known as AdoptOpenJDK hotspot)

    • Download and install Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime (Java 11, Java 17 or 21) from here.

  • With OpenJDK 11

    • RHEL (8.8, 8.10, 9.2, 9.4, 9.5) 
      sudo yum install -y java-11-openjdk
    • SLES 15 SP6 
      sudo zypper install -y --auto-agree-with-licenses java-11-openjdk
    • Ubuntu (20.04, 22.04, 24.04, 24.10) 
      sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jdk

  • With OpenJDK 17

    • RHEL (8.8, 8.10, 9.2, 9.4, 9.5) 
      sudo yum install -y java-17-openjdk-devel
    • SLES 15 SP6 
      sudo zypper install -y --auto-agree-with-licenses java-17-openjdk java-17-openjdk-devel
    • Ubuntu (20.04, 22.04, 24.04, 24.10) 
      sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-17-jdk

  • With OpenJDK 21

    • RHEL (8.8, 8.10, 9.2, 9.4, 9.5) 
      sudo yum install -y java-21-openjdk-devel
    • SLES 15 SP6 
      sudo zypper install -y --auto-agree-with-licenses java-21-openjdk java-21-openjdk-devel
    • Ubuntu (20.04, 22.04, 24.04, 24.10) 
      sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-21-jdk

Note: At the time of creation of these build instructions, Apache Solr 9.8.0 was verified with Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime version 11.0.24 (build 11.0.24+8), Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime version 17.0.12 (build 17.0.12+7), Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime version 21.0.4 (build 21.0.4+7), IBM Semeru Runtime version 11.0.24 (build 11.0.24+8), IBM Semeru Runtime version 17.0.9 (build 17.0.9+9) and IBM Semeru Runtime version 21.0.4 (build 21.0.4+7).

3. Set Environment Variables

  • Set JAVA_HOME and PATH

    export JAVA_HOME=<Path to Java>
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

4. Verification

4.1. Start Solr and create a core

Extract Apache Solr binary tar to $SOURCE_ROOT and follow steps given below.

cd $SOURCE_ROOT/<Apache_Solr_binary_folder>/bin
sudo chmod a+x solr
./solr start
./solr create -c sample

4.2. Expected Output

The./solr start command will start the Solr server on port 8983. The ./solr create -c sample command should create a core and output:

Created new core 'sample'

Access the Solr Admin Console at: http://HOST_IP:8983/solr/

References:

The information provided in this article is accurate at the time of writing, but on-going development in the open-source projects involved may make the information incorrect or obsolete. Please open issue or contact us on IBM Z Community if you have any questions or feedback.

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