Getting started with Apache Solr Search Server

Integrate Solr as a blazing-fast open-source search solution into your enterprise web application and take your application to the next level

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"Integrate Solr as a blazing-fast open-source search solution into your enterprise web application and take your application to the next level

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Teaches you everything you need to know to get started with Apache Solr such as indexing, querying, configuration, and implementation

Learn how to define a search architecture specific to your business needs

Includes walk-throughs on the Solr admin interface.

Contains a practical tutorial for integrating Solr search into a new system with an open-source web application

Presented in a hands-on, interactive style from a professional with several years of experience in search and natural language processing.

In Detail

Solr is the popular, blazing fast open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project. Solr is highly scalable, providing distributed search and index replication, and it powers the search and navigation features of many of the world's largest internet sites. This course will impart to you the level of understanding required to properly configure, implement, and maintain Apache Solr for an enterprise-level application.

Getting started with Apache Solr Search Server shows you how to implement the world’s leading open-source search solution with advice from an expert in the field. You will discover Solr’s many hidden features via interactive learning and configure your own Solr instance according to your business needs. This course can be followed along at home with an open-source web application you can download and run. Make search interactive and proactive with faceting, match highlighting, spell-checking, and result grouping.

Getting started with Apache Solr Search Server uses a combination of walk throughs and interactive exercises to impart end-to-end understanding of Solr’s role in a web application’s ecosystem.

You will first learn how to install Solr on your machine, configure it according to the data structures you need to search over, and integrate it into your application. This video course shows the viewer how to use, activate, and configure Solr’s many features. To keep the course interactive, an open-source example is included with detail on how to integrate Solr into an application, ranging from simple querying to advanced grouping and faceting.

Enterprise Search for Apache Solr empowers you to become your organization’s search guru with expertise in search."


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