External services: MySQL, Couchbase and Solr¶

Setting up Solr¶

Below are instructions for setting up Solr.

When you are done setting up Solr, you should set SOLR_URL in the Application Settings of the IIS site. SOLR_URL is the URL where your Solr service is available.

First you need to download and install the JDK (Java SE Development Kit). http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

Then download Solr: http://lucene.apache.org/solr/.

When you have downloaded Solr you start Solr directly by executing the command java -jar solr-4.6.0/example/start.jar.

This will start a Solr service on http://localhost:8983/solr In this scenario SOLR_URL should have the value http://localhost:8983/solr.

Go to http://localhost:8983/solr and select Core Admin. Here should already be a Core called collection1. Rename it to Object.

You should name the core according to the <ObjectCoreName> in the MCM settings in the Module table in the MySQL-database.

Setting up MySQL¶

Download MySQL: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql. Install MySQL.

MySQL on Windows will by default have the option lower_case_table_names equal to 1, which can be problematic. We recommend changing this setting to 0 in either C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\my.ini or in MySQL Workbench. (MySQL Workbench -> Manage Server Instances -> [tab] System Profile -> Configuration File) (http://stackoverflow.com/a/17953456/118608)

Setting up Couchbase¶

Download Couchbase (http://couchbase.com). Install Couchbase.

In C:\CHAOS.Portal.Web\Web.config line 10-14:

<couchbase>
  <servers bucket="default" bucketPassword="">
    <add uri="http://localhost:8091/pools/default">
  </servers>
</couchbase>

set the uri attribute to your Couchbase URL.