[SOLR-12481] update.autoCreateFields must be set via Config API command 'set-user-property', but 'bin/solr create' tells users to use the default action 'set-property', which fails because the property is not editable

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 7.4, 8.0
• Assignee: Steven Rowe
• Reporter: Steven Rowe
• Created: 13/Jun/18 01:35
• Updated: 08/Jun/19 15:00
• Resolved: 13/Jun/18 01:51

Description

bin/solr advises default config users to turn off data driven schema functionality, e.g.:

PROMPT$ bin/solr start -c
[...]
Waiting up to 180 seconds to see Solr running on port 8983 [-] 
Started Solr server on port 8983 (pid=74200). Happy searching!

PROMPT$ bin/solr create -c mycoll
WARNING: Using _default configset with data driven schema functionality. NOT RECOMMENDED for production use.
 To turn off: bin/solr config -c mycoll -p 8983 -property update.autoCreateFields -value false

When I try the above command, it claims to succeed, but in fact silently fails - see below (I'll open a separate JIRA for the false success problem).

When I attempt to set this property via the equivalent direct call to the Config API, it fails:

PROMPT$ curl -X POST http://localhost:8983/solr/mycoll/config -d '{set-property: { update.autoCreateFields: false }}'
{
 "responseHeader":{
 "status":0,
 "QTime":8},
 "errorMessages":[{
 "set-property":{"update.autoCreateFields":false},
 "errorMessages":["'update.autoCreateFields' is not an editable property"]}],
 "WARNING":"This response format is experimental. It is likely to change in the future."}

The correct action to use here is set-user-property rather than set-property. SOLR-11108 changed the bin/solr output from the correct Config API command to an incorrect bin/solr config command.

bin/solr should instead be printing (note the -action param):

 To turn off: bin/solr config -c mycoll -action set-user-property -p [...] -property update.autoCreateFields -value false

Issue Links

• is broken by: SOLR-11108 Shorten _default configset warning and use ConfigTool
• relates to: SOLR-12482 Config API returns status 0 for failed operations