How to create new core in Solr 5?

Question

Currently we are using Apache Solr 4.10.3 OR Heliosearch Distribution for Solr [HDS] as a search engine to i

Answer 1

Use provided solr script with solr user privileges to create Solr cores, e.g.

cd /opt/solr
sudo -u solr ./bin/solr create -c testcore1

Run bin/solr --help for syntax guidance.

For any other issues, please check your Solr logs (e.g. /var/solr/logs/solr.log).

Related: SOLR-7826: Permission issues when creating cores with bin/solr as root user.