Liferay 6.1 + SOLR 4 + Zookeeper = Massive scalability
In different projects we have been working to configure Liferay+SOLR in a Active/Active cluster with HA . After trying all the available alternatives we decided to move a step forward, and to integrate SOLR with zookeeper instead of the Master/Slave recommended solutions. I've been using this configuration since SOLR 3.X and Liferay 5.2.X but with SOLR 4.X this solution has become unbeatable and i think it's time to give back to the community the patch we have been testing and using. In this article you wil find: 1. The purpose of this fork/code 2. How to setup a cloud with Zookeeper + SOLR 4.0 3. How to configure the SOLR-WEB Liferay plugin to work with a SOLR cluster based in zookeeper? 1. The purpose of this fork is the compilation of solr-web adapting it to SOLR4.0 and add the classes to connect to a cloud-based zookeeper. Once this compilation you can use the plugin in liferay with SOLR 4.0 . There are three options when installing the server: - A single se...