[SOLR-5906] core.properties values may get ignored in some cases when using the Collection API

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.7
• Fix Version/s: 4.7.1, 4.8, 6.0
• Assignee: Shalin Shekhar Mangar
• Reporter: Varun Thacker
• Created: 24/Mar/14 19:50
• Updated: 09/May/16 18:50
• Resolved: 25/Mar/14 14:24

Description

SOLR-5208 added the functionality that allows the setting of variables (core.properties) on Collections API CREATE command.

I wanted to create a collection using the collection API and set a different instanceDir.

So if I try out the following API call, property.instanceDir will not be used because of the logic in CoreAdminHandler.buildCoreDescriptor()

http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/collections?action=CREATE&name=foo&numShards=1&property.instanceDir=/foo

There might be other similar cases I guess.