EDR: Solr fails creating writer core

By CB_Support posted Sep 10, 2020 02:03 AM

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Environment

EDR Server: 6.X and higher

Symptoms

Sensors report Online, but missing current event data.
Nginx access.log shows constant stream of "503" status.

Following error is seen in Solr debug.log:

[ERROR] - from org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer in coreContainerWorkExecutor-2-thread-1

Error waiting for SolrCore to be created

java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Unable to create core [writer ]

Cause

Current core has extra spacing in "writer" name within /var/cb/data/solr5/cbevents/<CORENAME>/core.properties

Resolution

Confirm the core.properties file is set correctly:

#Written by CorePropertiesLocator
#TIMESTAMP
name=writer
configSet=cbevents_v2

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