How to fix: Error CREATEing SolrCore 'gettingstarted': Unable to create core

Question

I\'m getting this error when I try to create a new core in solr.

root@ubuntu:/opt/solr# bin/solr create -c gettingstarted -n data_driven_schema_configs

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Answer 1

Don't run solr script as root user (it is not recommended). You should run as solr user, e.g.:

sudo -u solr ./bin/solr create -c mycore