sunspot solr in capistrano

solr_cap.rb

namespace :deploy do
  task :setup_solr_data_dir do
    run "mkdir -p #{shared_path}/solr/data"
  end
end

namespace :solr do
  desc "start solr"
  task :start, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do 
    run "cd #{current_path} && RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env} bundle exec sunspot-solr start --port=8983 --data-directory=#{shared_path}/solr/data --pid-dir=#{shared_path}/pids"
  end
  desc "stop solr"
  task :stop, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do 
    run "cd #{current_path} && RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env} bundle exec sunspot-solr stop --port=8983 --data-directory=#{shared_path}/solr/data --pid-dir=#{shared_path}/pids"
  end
  desc "reindex the whole database"
  task :reindex, :roles => :app do
    stop
    run "rm -rf #{shared_path}/solr/data"
    start
    run "cd #{current_path} && RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env} bundle exec rake sunspot:solr:reindex"
  end
end

after 'deploy:setup', 'deploy:setup_solr_data_dir'

Hi, thanks for sharing this. I'm also interested how to use Sunspot/Solr with multiple servers. It would be great if someone could answer njnorrgard questions.

thanks, it helped me out.

I'm also interested in a multiple server solr setup, anyone know?

Thank you!

For anyone who moved to Capistrano 3, I made an updated version: https://gist.github.com/muscardinus/8884801

Thanks a lot!!

Anyone has same solution for mina (http://nadarei.co/mina/)? Thanks

any solution for Mina?

Thanks, but this solution does not work for me.

I have below version for Sunspot, etc.

sunspot_solr 2.2.7
sunspot 2.2.7
sunspot_rails 2.2.7

For Capistrano 3, I have made an updated version: https://gist.github.com/lalitlogical/4c8c047b95fe45da6ae19d1b59411783