IBEXA - SOLR 9.8.1

Build Options

The Dockerfile supports two build options for downloading Solr:

Option A: Use Pre-downloaded Archive (Faster Build)

• Purpose: Reduces build time by using a local Solr archive already present in your project directory
• Use case: Ideal for CI/CD pipelines or when you want faster, offline builds
• How to switch:
  1. Download Solr slim archive: wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/solr/solr/9.8.1/solr-9.8.1-slim.tgz
  2. Extract it in your project root: tar xzf solr-9.8.1-slim.tgz
  3. In Dockerfile, uncomment Option A lines (around line 33-35):

     COPY solr-${SOLR_VERSION}-slim/. /opt/solr-${SOLR_VERSION}-slim
     RUN mv solr-${SOLR_VERSION}-slim ${SOLR_INSTALL_DIR}

  4. Comment out Option B lines (around line 40-43):

     # RUN curl -fSL "https://archive.apache.org/dist/solr/solr/${SOLR_VERSION}/solr-${SOLR_VERSION}-slim.tgz" -o solr-${SOLR_VERSION}-slim.tgz
     # RUN tar xzf solr-${SOLR_VERSION}-slim.tgz && ...

Option B: Download from Apache (Current)

• Purpose: Automatically downloads Solr from Apache archive during build
• Use case: Cleaner project structure, no large files in version control
• Advantage: Works out-of-the-box without pre-downloading files

Build image of solr 9.8.1

docker build -t local:solr-9.8.1-slim .

Start a solr-local container

docker run -d --name solr-local -p 8983:8983  local:solr-9.8.1-slim

Create solr collection.

docker exec -ti solr-local bash
bin/solr create_core -c collection1 -d /opt/solr/server/ibexa/template

UI Interface

http://localhost:8983