10016---SolrFacetSearch - Changes from 5.6 to 5.7

Below you can find information about the changes that have been made to the solrfacetsearch extension for version 5.7.

Validity

This document is valid for users who use the 5.7 hybris version.

Overview

The hybris version 5.7 introduces new features to the solrfacetsearch extension. The most important areas of improvement are:

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• Solr Server: the embedded mode was removed and the Solr server was updated to version 5.3;
• Indexing and Search: new indexing and search mechanisms were introduced, see below how to easily enable or disable the new mechanisms;
• solrfacetsearch extension: major refactoring along with the changes in the source code.

  Below you will find details of the changes introduced for hybris version 5.7.

  Solr Server

  Due to the fact that Solr has deprecated the embedded mode and in order to support the most current version of Solr server,

   the embedded mode and embedded Solr server were removed. It means that every environment still using the embedded

   mode should be migrated accordingly. To make the transition easier we have introduced the solrserver extension. 

  This extension includes a standalone Solr server which may be automatically configured, started and stopped together with the Platform.

• Solr Server: the embedded mode was removed and the Solr server was updated to version 5.3;
• Indexing and Search: new indexing and search mechanisms were introduced, see below how to easily enable or disable the new mechanisms;
• solrfacetsearch extension: major refactoring along with the changes in the source code.
  Below you will find useful information on migrating a configuration from embedded mode to standalone mode.
  

  
  

  1	Configure a standalone Solr server.

• 
  SolrFacetSearch - Installation Guide
  

  
  

  2	You cannot update the existing SolrServerConfig object because the attribute mode is write protected.  A new SolrServerConfig object needs to be created with the mode attribute set to standalone. Example:   ImpEx before: INSERT_UPDATE SolrServerConfig;name[unique=true];mode(code);embeddedMaster ;electronicsSolrServerConfig;embedded;true

  • ImpEx after:

  INSERT_UPDATE SolrServerConfig;name[unique=true];mode(code);embeddedMaster
  ;electronicsSolrServerConfig;standalone;false;
  
  INSERT_UPDATE SolrEndpointUrl;solrServerConfig(name)[unique=true];url[unique=true];master[unique=true,default=false]
  ;electronicsSolrServerConfig;http://localhost:8983/solr;true

  3	Make sure your SolrFacetSearchConfig object uses the new SolrServerConfig object.

                           Managing Solr Search Configuration
  

  4	Perform the reindexing operation.

         Updating Solr Index 
         Updating Solr Index (Backoffice) 
  

  SolrClient Instead of SolrServer

  The way in which the platform communicates with Solr server was also changed internally. The SolrServer type has been completely removed and SolrClient type should be used instead.

  Indexer Config

  The IndexConfig type has a new attribute called legacyMode which controls how the index process behaves. 

  The default value for the legacyMode attribute is false.