[SOLR-8494] bin/post (SimplePostTool) cannot index files larger than 2.1GB

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.10.4, 5.3.1, 5.4
• Fix Version/s: 5.5, 6.0
• Component/s: SimplePostTool
• Assignee: Shalin Shekhar Mangar
• Reporter: Shalin Shekhar Mangar
• Created: 06/Jan/16 15:40
• Updated: 09/May/16 18:48
• Resolved: 06/Jan/16 16:48

Description

The SimplePostTool used by the bin/post script always set the fixed length streaming mode with an integer which limits the size of the file being uploaded to 2.1GB (Integer.MAX_VALUE).

SimplePostTool version 5.0.0
Posting files to [base] url http://localhost:8983/solr/xyz/update...
Entering auto mode. File endings considered are xml,json,csv,pdf,doc,docx,ppt,pptx,xls,xlsx,odt,odp,ods,ott,otp,ots,rtf,htm,html,txt,log
POSTing file xyz.json (application/json) to [base]
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid content length
    at java.net.HttpURLConnection.setFixedLengthStreamingMode(HttpURLConnection.java:161)
    at org.apache.solr.util.SimplePostTool.postData(SimplePostTool.java:887)
    at org.apache.solr.util.SimplePostTool.postFile(SimplePostTool.java:794)
    at org.apache.solr.util.SimplePostTool.postFiles(SimplePostTool.java:515)
    at org.apache.solr.util.SimplePostTool.postFiles(SimplePostTool.java:435)
    at org.apache.solr.util.SimplePostTool.doFilesMode(SimplePostTool.java:311)
    at org.apache.solr.util.SimplePostTool.execute(SimplePostTool.java:178)
    at org.apache.solr.util.SimplePostTool.main(SimplePostTool.java:167)