Running Solr in Docker

Contents

• Select the version of the docker image
• Set the container name
• Pull the docker image
• Set the data directory
• Set the port forwarding rules
• Set the run command
• Run the Solr container
• Inspect the container
• See the container logs
• Kill the container
• Remove the container
• Remove the data directory
• References

Select the version of the docker image

IMAGE=solr
TAG=8.8.2

Set the container name

NAME=solr

Pull the docker image

docker pull $IMAGE:$TAG

Set the data directory

VOLUMES="`pwd`/data:/var/solr"

Set the port forwarding rules

PORTS="127.0.0.1:8983:8983"

Set the run command

COMMAND="solr-precreate gettingstarted"

Run the Solr container

docker run -d --name $NAME -p "$PORTS" -v "$VOLUMES" $IMAGE:$TAG $COMMAND

Inspect the container

docker inspect $NAME

See the container logs

docker logs $NAME

Kill the container

docker kill $NAME

Remove the container

docker rm $NAME

Remove the data directory

rm -rf data

References

1. https://hub.docker.com/_/solr/
2. https://github.com/docker-solr/docker-solr/blob/master/README.md