Installing Solr

Installing Solr:

• .Net Framework 4.6
• Web Deploy  - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43717
• SOLR 6.6.2 - http://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/6.6.1/solr-6.6.2.zip
• Java 8
• Non-Sucking Service Manager NSSM - https://nssm.cc/download

1. install the ones below if not yet
• Web Deploy
• Java 8.0
• Set the Java_Home Variable
2. create a new folder C:\Sitecore\Install
3. install SOLR 6.6.2
• copy the solr-6.6.2.zip to C:\Sitecore
• Extract the Zip
• Run Command Prompt as administrator

• Check solr working or not by using http://localhost:8983/

4. Now SOLR 6.6.2 run as a window service
• download NSSM and install it
• Extract to C:\Sitecore
• Run Command Prompt as administrator

• Check whether Solr_6.6.2 window service is running

5. set up HTTPS for SOLR 6.6.2
• download this PowerShell file solrssl.ps1 and put it into C:\Sitecore\Install\
• update the key tool path to your local path in solrssl.ps1 file

• Run Windows PowerShell as administrator

• in case if you got the error, open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
• Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser Unrestricted

• Remove Comment from these 4 lines in solr.in.cmd file(C:\sitecore\solr-6.6.2\bin).

• Restart Solr_6.6.2 service
• open a browser, navigate to https://localhost:8983/