Islandora Solr Search

Overview

The Islandora Solr module provides a way to configure the Islandora search functions, the search results display, and the display of metadata on object pages.

Tutorials

In order to use the Islandora Solr module, Solr and GSearch must already be installed and working. See the tutorials below for instructions.

Chapter 4 - Search & Discovery in Islandora

Installing Solr and GSearch

Customizing GSearch and Solr

Upgrading From Older Versions of Solr and GSearch

Dependencies

• Islandora
• Tuque
• Apache Solr (1.4 or higher)

Installation

Install as usual, see this for further information.

Configuration

Configuration settings for the Islandora Solr Module are in Administration > Islandora > Solr index (admin/islandora/search/islandora_solr).

1. Set the Solr URL to http://path.to.your.site:8080/solr.
2. Leave the Request handler as "Let Solr decide" unless you have defined a different request handler in the solrconfig.xml file.
3. Click "Save Solr configuration."