Modifying the KommerceServer web.config File for Solr

This topic assumes you have already completed the following steps in regards to the installation of Solr on your KommerceServer web server.

1. Install Java on your web server (you can skip this step if Java is already installed).
2. Install version 5.4.1 of Apache Solr.
3. Create a core directory on the Apache Solr UI.
4. Copy core configuration files to your Solr directory.
5. Update the db-data-config file with your database connection information.
6. Start Solr from the Solr/bin directory.
7. Create a Solr Core.
8. Perform a full data import using the Solr UI.

Once you have performed the full data import using the Solr Admin website, you will need to update the solrSearchUrl and solrSearchRowCount settings in the WebStore section of the KommerceServer web.config file.

The solSearchUrl setting enables Solr search integration and provides the URL of the Solr instance. Set the solrSearchUrl to the following setting:

solrSearchUrl="http://localhost:8983/solr/kommerceserver"

The solrSearchRowCount setting allows you to set the maximum rows to be returned from Solr. The value must be a positive integer. If not specified, the default value is 200.

Next Steps

• Restart the KommerceServer web server.
• Once the KommerceServer web server is restarted, run some test queries on your KommerceServer website to ensure that Solr is working correctly.
• Create a task via the Windows Task Scheduler to ensure that Solr launches each time the web server starts up.