SOLR as a Service

This section describes the procedure for enabling Solr as a service.

Please follow the following steps:

Download nssm-2.24.zip file from the path mentioned in the source field of Apache SOLR Requirements and unzip it.
Copy nssm.exe from nssm-2.24\win64 to SOLR_HOME\bin.
Open the Command Prompt as Administrator and navigate to SOLR_HOME\bin.
Execute the command below:
```
nssm install solrservice
```
The window shown in the image below appears.
Figure 1. Enabling Solr as Windows Service
Click Application tab and enter the information as mentioned below:
- Path: C:\solr-9.7.0\bin\solr.cmd
- Startup Directory: C:\solr-9.7.0\bin
- Arguments: <Enter values as mentioned below>
```
start -m 2g -cloud --host <SOLR_IP> -f -p <SOLR_PORT> -s <SOLR_HOME\server\solr>
e.g.
start -m 2g -cloud --host 10.x.x.x -f -p 8983 -s C:\solr-9.7.0\server\solr
```
Figure 2. Enabling Solr as Windows Service (cont.)
Click the Details tab and enter the information as displayed in the image below:
Figure 3. Enabling Solr as Windows Service (cont.)
Click Install service.
Upon successful installation, the following message will appear.
Figure 4. Enabling Solr as Windows Service (cont.)
Press Win+R, type services.msc and press Enter.
Figure 5. Enabling Solr as Windows Service (cont.)
Search for Solr Server service and click on it.
Click Start the service on the left panel to start the service.
Figure 6. Enabling Solr as Windows Service (cont.)
$C:\Users\veena-m\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Word\Solr Server.PNG$
Check the URL below in browser:
http://<SOLR IP>:<SOLRPORT>/solr
Enter the username and password on Solr Portal Login Page.

Create collection named as ‘ScriptKnowledgeData’ in Solr for Basic Knowledge and iScrape using the below URL:

 http://<SOLR_IP>:<SOLR_PORT>/solr/admin/collections?action=CREATE&name=ScriptKnowledgeData&router.name=implicit&shards=iScrape, 
Knowledge&replicationFactor=1&maxShardsPerNode=4&collection.configName=ticketschema&router.field=shardType

On successful creation of the collection, the following response is received:

{
"responseHeader":{
"status":0,
"QTime":3373},
"success":{
"<SOLR_IP>:<SOLR_PORT>_solr":{
"responseHeader":{
"status":0,
"QTime":2464},

"core":"ScriptKnowledgeData_iScrape_replica_n1"},

"<IP>:<PORT>_solr":{
"responseHeader":{
"status":0,
"QTime":2737},
"core":"ScriptKnowledgeData_Knowledge_replica_n2"}}}

To check the Successful creation of collection in Solr. Navigate to Solr Home Page as mentioned in Enabling Solr below figure. as Windows Service (cont. . On Left Pane Select “Collections” tab and verify "ScriptKnowledgeData” collection is present and in the solr Dashboard page the solr and java version will be found.

A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated — Figure 7. Enabling Solr as Windows Service (cont.