Apache Solr Training in Sofia

This instructor-led live training in Sofia (onsite or remote) is designed for developers who want to learn how to use Solr for advanced development.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Tune and scale Solr and SolrCloud.
• Streamline the monitoring of log files.
• Integrate index-time and query-time plugins.
• Create optimized clusters capable of handling thousands of queries per second.

Apache SolrCloud is a distributed data processing engine designed to facilitate the searching and indexing of files across a distributed network.

In this instructor-led live training, participants will learn how to set up a SolrCloud instance on Amazon AWS.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand SolrCloud's features and how they compare to those of conventional master-slave clusters
• Configure a SolrCloud centralized cluster
• Automate processes such as communicating with shards, adding documents to the shards, etc.
• Use Zookeeper in conjunction with SolrCloud to further automate processes
• Use the interface to manage error reporting
• Load balance a SolrCloud installation
• Configure SolrCloud for continuous processing and fail-over

Audience

• Solr Developers
• Project Managers
• System Administrators
• Search Analysts

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

This course offers an introduction to the Solr platform. Through a blend of lectures, discussions, and hands-on labs, students will acquire practical experience in configuring efficient search and indexing capabilities.

The class starts with the fundamental steps of installing and configuring Solr, before progressing to teach participants the search functionalities available within Solr. Students will gain proficiency in key features such as faceting, indexing, and search relevance, which are central to the Solr ecosystem. The course concludes by covering several advanced topics, including spell checking, suggestions, Multicore, and SolrCloud.

Duration: 3 days

Audience: Developers, business users, administrators