Can't reindex with sunspot / solr in rails app - Error: Severe errors in solr configuration

Question

Ok, so I have a simple rails application and now i\'m trying to implement sunspot for search capabilities. However, after I\'ve generated the config file with rails g sunspot_ra

Answer 1

Here is the easy way (does not require messing with gems or restarting computer):

rake sunspot:solr:stop

If you have modified the schema, copy the contents of site_root/solr/conf/schema.xml to your clipboard

Next, delete the entire solr folder at site_root/solr

Now run:

rake sunspot:solr:start

This command will create and repopulate the deleted solr folder.

If you copied schema.xml above, open schema.xml again, select everything, and copy the contents of your clipboard. Save the file.

Now run:

bundle exec rake sunspot:solr:reindex