Hi,
Couple of things I would like to ask:
First I have an error with Solr after doing the complete install procedure.
It complains about the data/index directory not existing.
I think there is an error in the setup script as it tries to create it in /var/solr/.solr/data/index.
A quick change in the Solr config file fixed it (uncommented the default directory and set it to /var/solr).
Another question is related to the init script.
If using an EBS instance, why move everything to /mnt and have the risk of loosing it if the instance is terminated/crashed ?
Why not leave it in /var and maybe resize the root partition to benefit from more EBS storage space and data persistency ?
I would love to have a Mercury EBS instance with an XFS filesystem ?
Maybe I will give it a try, I think it's possible to setup an instance to use XFS for the boot partition and benefit from better performance then ext3 (especially with EBS) and easier management.
Comments
re: Project Mercury 1.1 using BCFG2 - BETA - Solr Error
Ivan,
This is not a problem we've had - what file was trying create /var/solr/.solr/data/index?
We have yet to work on installing on EBS-boot instances. You are, or course, correct that EBS is preferred storage over AWS instances.
I see no reason why one couldn't have an XFS / partition. I think these instructions (http://alestic.com/2010/01/ec2-ebs-boot-ubuntu) would allow a person to install Lucid onto an XFS formatted EBS (replacing the mkfs.ext3 command with mkfs.xfs).
Hope this helps,
Greg
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Greg Coit
Systems Administrator
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Hi Greg, The error appeared
Hi Greg,
The error appeared when I logged into Pressflow. The solr module was complaining about this path not existing (/var/solr/.solr/data/index).
I am not sure what script configured it like that but it appeared as the default path for solr so I just changed to /var/solr/data and the index got created.
Thank you for the link I will give it a shot.
Ivan
XFS EBS Boot
Hi,
Just succeeded in creating an EBS AMI using XFS as a filesystem based on Alestic 10.04 32bit AMI.
Now it's possible to use the constant snapshot script from Eric Hammond to add more backup security to the system.
Next I need to setup Mercury on it but with modifying the init script so it does not copy everything to /mnt.
Will keep you posted.