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Install Solr 8.5 on Windows server 2016

This article will describe how to install Solr 8.5 on the Windows server.
I selected Windows 2016 datacenter server to install Solr.

System requirements;

Apache Solr runs on Java 8 or greater.

Download and install Java 8 or higher version.

Once you install the Java go to Command prompt and verify with the Java version;

Verify Java Version - Windows


Installing Solr

Download the Solr windows version. It is a zip file and extracts it to the location as you wish to keep the Solr application.

Unzip Solr



Go to the command prompt > Solr > Bin folder;

The easiest way to open the command prompt with the bin folder;
go to Solr Bin folder and right-click the blank area with the Shift key and click "open the command window here".

In the command windows type "Solr start"


Start Solr in Windows
Completed the Solr installation!

Open the web browser and type http://localhost:8983/. The Solr default port is 9883.

Solr 8.5 Dashboard

We will post how to change the default port for production environments.


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