[SOLR-1335] load core properties from a properties file

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4
• Assignee: Noble Paul
• Reporter: Noble Paul
• Created: 05/Aug/09 06:01
• Updated: 10/Nov/09 15:52
• Resolved: 26/Aug/09 07:49

Description

There are few ways of loading properties in runtime,

1. using env property using in the command line
2. if you use a multicore drop it in the solr.xml

if not , the only way is to keep separate solrconfig.xml for each instance. #1 is error prone if the user fails to start with the correct system property.
In our case we have four different configurations for the same deployment . And we have to disable replication of solrconfig.xml.

It would be nice if I can distribute four properties file so that our ops can drop the right one and start Solr. Or it is possible for the operations to edit a properties file but it is risky to edit solrconfig.xml if he does not understand solr

I propose a properties file in the instancedir as solrcore.properties . If present would be loaded and added as core specific properties.