How to change base path of Solr example?

Question

I've followed the Solr tutorial, but the URL they make you use is:

http://localhost:8983/solr/ 

What is the most simple way to change this URL to:

http://localhost:8983/foobar/

Solution 1

I think I figured it out myself. What I did was, inside the example directory, rename

webapps/solr.war

to

webapps/foobar.war

Also, I changed a line in solr/conf/scripts.conf to

webapp_name=foobar

Solution 2

Seems a little different in 2014 with Solr 4.10:

From the "example" directory or your equivalent:

1. edit contexts/solr-jetty-context.xml <Set name="contextPath"><SystemProperty name="hostContext" default="/foobar"/></Set>
2. edit solr/collectionName/conf/scripts.conf : change webapp_name=foobar
3. java -jar start.jar

I'm not sure where the webapp_name parameter is used but it seems reasonable to keep this.

Solution 3

If you are running Solr with Jetty, you can change it in webdefault.xml. Detailed instructions here