Apache Solr open-source search software
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# Welcome to the Apache Solr project!
-----------------------------------

Solr is the popular, blazing fast open source search platform for all your
enterprise, e-commerce, and analytics needs, built on [Apache Lucene](https://lucene.apache.org/).

For a complete description of the Solr project, team composition, source
code repositories, and other details, please see the Solr web site at
https://solr.apache.org/

## Download

Downloads for Apache Solr distributions are available at https://solr.apache.org/downloads.html.

## Running Solr

### Installing Solr

The Reference Guide contains an entire [Deployment Guide](https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/deployment-guide/system-requirements.html) to walk you through installing Solr.

### Running Solr in Docker

You can run Solr in Docker via the [official image](https://hub.docker.com/_/solr).
Learn more about [Solr in Docker](https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/deployment-guide/solr-in-docker.html)

### Running Solr on Kubernetes

Solr has official support for running on Kubernetes, in the official Docker image.
Please refer to the [Solr Operator](https://solr.apache.org/operator) home for details, tutorials and instructions.

## How to Use

Solr includes a few examples to help you get started. To run a specific example, enter:

```
  bin/solr start -e <EXAMPLE> where <EXAMPLE> is one of:
    cloud:         SolrCloud example
    techproducts:  Comprehensive example illustrating many of Solr's core capabilities
    schemaless:    Schema-less example (schema is inferred from data during indexing)
    films:         Example of starting with _default configset and adding explicit fields dynamically    
```

For instance, if you want to run the techproducts example, enter:

```
  bin/solr start -e techproducts
```

For a more in-depth introduction, please check out the [tutorials in the Solr Reference
Guide](https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/getting-started/solr-tutorial.html).


## Support

- [Users Mailing List](https://solr.apache.org/community.html#mailing-lists-chat)
- Slack: Solr Community Channel.  Sign up at https://s.apache.org/solr-slack
- IRC: `#solr` on [libera.chat](https://web.libera.chat/?channels=#solr)


## Get Involved
Please review [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for information on contributing to the project.

To get involved in the developer community:

- [Mailing Lists](https://solr.apache.org/community.html#mailing-lists-chat)
- Slack: `#solr-dev` in the `the-asf` organization.  Sign up at https://the-asf.slack.com/messages/CE70MDPMF
- [Issue Tracker (JIRA)](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR)
- IRC: `#solr-dev` on [libera.chat](https://web.libera.chat/?channels=#solr-dev)

Learn more about developing Solr by reading through the developer docs in [./dev-docs](./dev-docs) source tree.
