HTTP ERROR: 404 missing core name in path with solr

Question

I am new to Solr, after installing it in ubuntu 8.10, when I was trying exampledocs to index , as per this link, I got this error:

HTTP ERROR: 404 m

Answer 1

Hi I've got exactly this error when my solrconfig.xml was malformed (missing closing tag element ). It was for solr 3.5.0 Once I fixed the solrconfig the error went away.