SolrCloud Training Course

Introduction to Search Technologies

• Core principles of search engines and information retrieval
• Grasping indexing and search workflows
• Survey of contemporary search platforms
• Evaluating SolrCloud against other distributed search solutions

Apache Lucene and Apache Solr Fundamentals

• Overview of Apache Lucene architecture
• Survey of Apache Solr capabilities
• Exploring Solr collections, cores, documents, and schemas
• Navigating the Solr search and indexing lifecycle

SolrCloud Architecture and Concepts

• Exploring distributed search architecture
• Distinguishing SolrCloud from traditional Solr setups
• Examining SolrCloud components and cluster structure
• Understanding collections, shards, replicas, and leaders
• Architecting scalable search environments

Deploying SolrCloud on AWS

• Preparing Amazon EC2 environments
• Installing and configuring SolrCloud clusters
• Establishing nodes and inter-cluster communication
• Administering SolrCloud services and settings

Indexing and Data Management in SolrCloud

• Ingesting and managing documents across shards
• Evaluating indexing strategies
• Optimising commit strategies
• Managing updates and distributed indexing

Cluster Coordination with Apache ZooKeeper

• Introduction to ZooKeeper and its function within SolrCloud
• Overseeing cluster state and configuration
• Automating cluster coordination
• Handling configuration files via ZooKeeper

Reliability, Fault Tolerance, and Scaling

• Understanding replication and high availability
• Designing fault-tolerant SolrCloud deployments
• Load balancing search requests
• Configuring failover and continuous processing

SolrCloud Administration and Monitoring

• Managing SolrCloud via administrative interfaces
• Monitoring cluster health and performance
• Managing errors and troubleshooting issues
• Maintaining and optimising cluster operations

Practical SolrCloud Workshop

• Deploying a SolrCloud cluster on AWS
• Creating collections and managing shards
• Configuring replication and failover
• Testing distributed search operations

Course Review and Best Practices

• Reviewing SolrCloud architecture decisions
• Performance and operational recommendations
• Common deployment challenges
• Next steps for SolrCloud administration