Integrate Solr Search with Foswiki 1.1.9

-- ChrisModen - 22 Oct 2014

Hi Guys,

(Tried to email foswiki-discuss, but apparently it doesn't accept html code in the content...)

I've successfully installed foswiki & solr, using this guide http://foswiki.org/Tasks/Item12763, specifically following the SolrPlugin.txt attached therein.
I originally installed FW 1.1.9 etc, inc the SolrPlugin using the fosiki rpms http://fosiki.com/Foswiki_rpms/.

So far I've got FW and solr (solr-jetty) running.
I can index stuff successfully from the cmd line, and I can force a solr search by adding the example macro http://foswiki.org/Extensions/SolrPlugin#SOLRSEARCH to a test page.

However, I was expecting that Solr Search would be used by the normal Search (& Jump ?) input boxes as well.

The site I'm building for work is used for storing technical info and attached files, but I can't expect people to start learning and writing Lucene/solr 'code'.
(Especially when they are just searching for an article/content)

Am I wrong in assuming that solr should be called by (ie intercept) a 'normal' search?

The src code for the webpage search fields is:

<form name="" action=" [[view-source:https://wiki01.uat3.optusnet.com.au/foswiki/bin/view/Main/WebSearch][/foswiki/bin/view/Main/WebSearch]]"><input id="" title="" type="" class="" name="" value="" size="" /><noscript> <input type="submit" size="5" name="submit" value="Jump" /> </noscript> </form> </li> <li> <form name="" action=" [[view-source:https://wiki01.uat3.optusnet.com.au/foswiki/bin/view/Main/WebSearch][/foswiki/bin/view/Main/WebSearch]]"><input type="" class="" title="" id="" name="" value="" size="" /><input type="" name="" value="" /><input type="" name="" value="" /><noscript> <input type="submit" size="5" name="submit" value="Search" /> </noscript> </form>

and there is a line higher up that refers to solrsearch:

<script src=' [[view-source:https://wiki01.uat3.optusnet.com.au/foswiki/pub/System/SolrPlugin/solr-searchbox.js][/foswiki/pub/System/SolrPlugin/solr-searchbox.js]]'></script><!--SOLRPLUGIN::SEARCHBOX-->

I'm no web programmer, so does that mean that there should be a separate SolrSearch box I should be seeing (but am not), or should it 'intercept' the actual search when the std websearch box is used?

autotemplate is setup as recommended http://foswiki.org/Extensions/SolrPlugin#Usage

I'm using tcpdump to check whether solr is actually called or not.