installing apache solr

solr_install.txt

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

cd /opt

sudo wget http://www.us.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/6.3.0/solr-6.3.0.tgz

sudo tar xzf solr-6.3.0.tgz solr-6.3.0/bin/install_solr_service.sh --strip-components=2

sudo ./install_solr_service.sh solr-6.3.0.tgz

service solr status

for accessing:
http://localhost:8983/solr/#/

for creating a test solr core:
sudo su - solr -c "/opt/solr/bin/solr create -c gettingstarted -n data_driven_schema_configs"

solr server binary available at: /opt/solr/bin/solr

solr core data avialable at:
/var/solr/data/   --- owned by solr user

to make solr data folder visible to exising user
sudo usermod -a -G solr current_user
or use sudo to copy below files.

copy all the config fiels form search_api_solr module, solr config dir to /var/solr/data/ipassio/conf/ directory
better take a backup