In this article I'll walk through the steps I went through to install Solr on Ubuntu.

Step 1: Java

Check if Java is installed on your server:

java -version

Not there - then Java is the first step for you to set up for Solr.  JAVA SE 8 or Later is required to run Apache Solr 8.  Utilisation taking after order to check in the event that you have Java introduced as of now on your system.

Having Drupal Solr Search APi running, I thought adding synonyms to the mix would be a smooth process.

Install synonym module

I cam across a synonym module created by Jens Beltofte - Search API Synonym.  Working on a Drupal 9.3.x installation, this module needs to be accessed via Git Search API Synonym,

Setting up the admin password.

Process:

1. Edit jetty.xml

To begin you are going to edit the file “server/etc/jetty.xml”.  However, if you aren't sure of the location of jetty.xml, run the command

find / -name jetty.xml -type f

For me, the output was

Looking to install Solr on your server?  Not sure if it worth the effort?  Well, Apache Solr is the open-source, popular, super fast open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project.  Written in Java, Solr is highly scalable, providing fault-tolerant distributed search and indexing.

Let's walk through the steps I went through to install Solr on Centos 7.

Step 1: Java

Check if Java is installed on your server: