[SOLR-9475] Add install script support for CentOS

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2
• Fix Version/s: 6.3, 7.0

Environment

Centos 7

• Assignee: Jan Høydahl
• Reporter: Nitin Surana
• Created: 04/Sep/16 19:25
• Updated: 08/Jun/19 15:31
• Resolved: 04/Oct/16 08:17

Description

[root@ns521582 tmp]# sudo ./install_solr_service.sh solr-6.2.0.tgz

id: solr: no such user
Creating new user: solr
adduser: group '--disabled-password' does not exist

Extracting solr-6.2.0.tgz to /opt

Installing symlink /opt/solr -> /opt/solr-6.2.0 ...

Installing /etc/init.d/solr script ...

/etc/default/solr.in.sh already exist. Skipping install ...

/var/solr/data/solr.xml already exists. Skipping install ...

/var/solr/log4j.properties already exists. Skipping install ...

chown: invalid spec: ‘solr:’
./install_solr_service.sh: line 322: update-rc.d: command not found
id: solr: no such user
User solr not found! Please create the solr user before running this script.
id: solr: no such user
User solr not found! Please create the solr user before running this script.
Service solr installed.

Reference - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39320647/unable-to-create-user-when-installing-solr-6-2-0-on-centos-7

Issue Links

• is required by: SOLR-9508 Install script should check existence of tools, and add option to NOT start service