# Install Solr

download and install Solr from  http://lucene.apache.org/solr/.

you can access Solr admin from your browser:
http://localhost:8983/solr/

use the port number used in installation.


# MySQL connector

Download JDBC driver for MySQL from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/.

Copy file from the downloaded archive 'mysql-connector-java-*.jar' 
to the folder 'contrib/dataimporthandler/lib' in the folder where Solr was installed.
Create 'lib' folder if needed.


# Setup a new collection
create a new folder for a new collection - 'myproducts'.
The collection will be located in '/solr/myproducts' folder.

## solrconfig.xml

copy solrconfig.xml from an existing collection and edit the file by adding:

  <lib dir="../../contrib/dataimporthandler/lib" regex=".*\.jar" />
  <lib dir="../../dist/" regex="solr-dataimporthandler-.*\.jar" />

Make sure that 'dist' folder contains two files for data import handler:
- solr-dataimporthandler-4.10.2.jar
- solr-dataimporthandler-extras-4.10.2.jar