An Ansible Role that installs Apache Solr on Linux servers.
Java must be available on the server. You can easily install Java using the geerlingguy.java role.
This role is currently tested and working with Solr 3.x and 4.x; 5.x is not yet fully tested.
Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):
solr_workspace: /root
Files will be downloaded to this path on the remote server before being moved into place.
solr_create_user: true
solr_user: solr
Solr will be run under Jetty as the solr_user. Set solr_create_user to false if solr_user is created before this role runs.
solr_version: "4.10.4"
The Apache Solr version to install.
solr_mirror: "https://archive.apache.org/dist"
The Apache Project mirror from which the Solr tarball will be downloaded. In case of slow download speed or timeouts it is useful to set the mirror to the one suggested by Apache's mirror download site.
solr_install_path: /opt/solr
The path where Apache Solr will be installed.
solr_home: /var/solr
The path where local Solr data (search collections and configuration) will be stored. Should typically be outside of the solr_path, to make Solr upgrades easier.
solr_log_file_path: /var/log/solr.log
Path where Solr log file will be created.
solr_host: "0.0.0.0"
The hostname or IP address to which Solr will bind. Defaults to 0.0.0.0 which allows Solr to listen on all interfaces.
solr_port: "8983"
The port on which Solr will run.
solr_xms: "256M"
solr_xmx: "512M"
Memory settings for the JVM. These should be set as high as you can allow for best performance and to reduce the chance of Solr restarting itself due to OOM situations.
None.
- hosts: solr-servers
roles:
- { role: geerlingguy.java }
- { role: geerlingguy.solr }
MIT / BSD
This role was created in 2014 by Jeff Geerling, author of Ansible for DevOps.