Hi,

Is it possible to connect to SOLR over a socket file as is possible
with mysql? I've looked around and I get the feeling that I may be
mi-understanding part of SOLR's architecture.

Any pointers are welcome.

Thanks,
Jason

Yes. You connect over a socket and talk HTTP. --wunder

On Aug 7, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Jason Axelson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to connect to SOLR over a socket file as is possible
> with mysql? I've looked around and I get the feeling that I may be
> mi-understanding part of SOLR's architecture.
>
> Any pointers are welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason

On 07.08.2012 21:43, Jason Axelson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to connect to SOLR over a socket file as is possible
> with mysql? I've looked around and I get the feeling that I may be
> mi-understanding part of SOLR's architecture.
>
> Any pointers are welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason

Hi Jason,

not that I know of. This has nothing to do with Solr, it depends on the
web server you are using. Tomcat, Jetty and the others are using TCP/IP
directly through java.io or java.nio classes, and Solr is just one web
app that is handled by them.

Java web servers typically run on a separate host, and in contrast to
MySQL, the local deployment is rather the exception than the standard.

If you don't want the network overhead, than use an embedded Solr
server: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/EmbeddedSolr

Greetings,
Kuli

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the information. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time
finding any servlet containers that can serve over a unix domain
socket. Also it looks like EmbeddedSolr won't work since I am not
writing the application in Java (it's in Ruby on Rails and I'm using
it through Sunspot).

Jason

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Michael Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 07.08.2012 21:43, Jason Axelson wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to connect to SOLR over a socket file as is possible
>> with mysql? I've looked around and I get the feeling that I may be
>> mi-understanding part of SOLR's architecture.
>>
>> Any pointers are welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jason
>
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> not that I know of. This has nothing to do with Solr, it depends on the web
> server you are using. Tomcat, Jetty and the others are using TCP/IP directly
> through java.io or java.nio classes, and Solr is just one web app that is
> handled by them.
>
> Java web servers typically run on a separate host, and in contrast to MySQL,
> the local deployment is rather the exception than the standard.
>
> If you don't want the network overhead, than use an embedded Solr server:
> http://wiki.apache.org/solr/EmbeddedSolr
>
> Greetings,
> Kuli

: >> Is it possible to connect to SOLR over a socket file as is possible
: >> with mysql? I've looked around and I get the feeling that I may be
: >> mi-understanding part of SOLR's architecture.

Why are you specificly interested in trying to talk to solr over a socket
file?

https://people.apache.org/~hossman/#xyproblem
XY Problem

Your question appears to be an "XY Problem" ... that is: you are dealing
with "X", you are assuming "Y" will help you, and you are asking about "Y"
without giving more details about the "X" so that we can understand the
full issue.  Perhaps the best solution doesn't involve "Y" at all?
See Also: http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=542341

-Hoss

On 10.08.2012 04:42, Jason Axelson wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Thanks for the information. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time
> finding any servlet containers that can serve over a unix domain
> socket. Also it looks like EmbeddedSolr won't work since I am not
> writing the application in Java (it's in Ruby on Rails and I'm using
> it through Sunspot).

As Chris already asked: Do you *really* need this? And why?

Linux socket files aren't *that* faster than IP connections to
localhost. Indeed, I doubt that a performance gain will ever be measurable.

-Kuli

You're correct that there is an underlying problem I'm trying to
solve. The underlying problem is that due to the security policies I
cannot run another service that listens on a TCP port, but a unix
domain socket would be okay. It looks like I might have to go with
mysql full-text search or something like metasearch (I'm using Ruby on
Rails).

Jason

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Chris Hostetter
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : >> Is it possible to connect to SOLR over a socket file as is possible
> : >> with mysql? I've looked around and I get the feeling that I may be
> : >> mi-understanding part of SOLR's architecture.
>
> Why are you specificly interested in trying to talk to solr over a socket
> file?
>
> https://people.apache.org/~hossman/#xyproblem
> XY Problem
>
> Your question appears to be an "XY Problem" ... that is: you are dealing
> with "X", you are assuming "Y" will help you, and you are asking about "Y"
> without giving more details about the "X" so that we can understand the
> full issue.  Perhaps the best solution doesn't involve "Y" at all?
> See Also: http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=542341
>
>
>
> -Hoss

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Jason Axelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> You're correct that there is an underlying problem I'm trying to
> solve. The underlying problem is that due to the security policies I
> cannot run another service that listens on a TCP port, but a unix
> domain socket would be okay. It looks like I might have to go with
> mysql full-text search or something like metasearch (I'm using Ruby on
> Rails).
>
>
MySQL full text search is pretty terrible.  You'd be better off using
Lucene directly.

Who's in charge of your security policies?  Can you get dispensation to
listen on localhost only?