Upload Solr Configset on Managed Cloud Solr Server

When you are using Sitecore managed cloud and you want to deploy Solr configsset to Solr cloud, there are lots of APIs available here to download, upload, delete, start, stop, etc. In this blog, we are going to discuss a few APIs. There is a GitHub repo is also available with PowerShell script which can be used easily.

Upload New Solr ConfigSet

Below are the steps to upload the Solr config set:

Download the existing configset from Github.
Update ACCOUNT, uid, NAME, APIKEY.

The account will be SitecoreLive
uid will be a short name provided by Sitecore like ss256325
NAME will be Sitecore Configset which you want to download
APIKEY will be the Solr API key provided by Sitecore

Run PowerShell script in PowerShell console. It will download configset in the same folder.

Create Sitecore Configset

Download the existing configset from Github.
Update ACCOUNT, uid, NAME, APIKEY.

Account will be SitecoreLive
uid will be a short name provided by Sitecore like ss256325
In form object, add name as a configset name from which name you want to create and in files, you can give the name of configset zip.
APIKEY will be Solr API key provided by Sitecore.

Run PowerShell script in PowerShell console. It will upload Sitecore configset in /configs folder as mentioned below the image.
Now you can create a new core using this Sitecore configset.

Note: If you are getting the below error, then make sure to use PowerShell 7.0+ version.

Delete Sitecore Configset

Download the existing configset from Github.
Update parameter in PowerShell script and run PowerShell script. It will delete configset that you have mentioned in PowerShell.

Stop Solr Port

Download the existing configset from Github.
Update parameter in PowerShell script and in NODE mention, uid-node number, like 1,2,3, depends on how many nodes you have. Stop nodes one by one.

Start Solr Port

Download the existing configset from Github.
Update parameter in PowerShell script and in “NODE” mention, “uid-node number”, like 1,2,3, depends on how many nodes you have. Start nodes one by one.

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