Installing Apache Solr Search with free (trial) Opensolr server on Drupal 7

Download and install the Apache Solr Module - https://drupal.org/project/apachesolr

Opensolr Setup

Setup a free trial Solr hosting account with Opensolr, this is valid for 15 days - https://opensolr.com

In your Opensolr Control Panel > Add New Collection:

Server Location: Any
Collection Name: mysitesolrtest
Type of collection: Drupal 7 Collection Template

Your Collections Manager should now display your collection - click on it's Cog wheel icon to enter the settings

In the 'Core Info' tab you'll find the URL that you'll need for Drupal 7, similar to:

http://nl.opensolr.com/solr/mysiteopensolrtest

In the 'Access IPs' tab

Add and save IP Address of your server to SOLR URI Handlers:

- /select
- /update
- /terms
- /spell
- /admin/ping
- /admin/

Change the schema.xml in the Apache Solr module

In your Opensolr Configuration tab, copy the schema.xml info to you drupal install Apache Solr module:

/sites/all/modules/contrib/apachesolr/solr-conf/solr-4.x/schema.xml

Drupal 7 Setup

Configure Apache Solr Search - /admin/config/search/apachesolr

Add a search environment:

Enter the Opensolr URL from above in the Solr server url: http://nl.opensolr.com/solr/mysiteopensolrtest

Click the 'Test Connection' button and you should be connected to your Opensolr server

Configure Drupal Search Settings - mysite.com/admin/config/search/settings

Choose the number of items to index per cron run and specify Apache Solr search for the Search Modules

Run your site's cron and you should be able to see the 'Total Records' number increase in your Opensolr control panel

Alternatively, Install Search API module

Before you do, you might want to read this page (don't install both), but if you still want to use Search API...

Configure Search API - admin/config/search/search_api

Add Server

• Server name: Opensolr
• Enabled
• Server description: mysiteopensolrtest account on sopensolr.com
• HTTP protocol: http
• Solr host: nl.opensolr.com
• Solr port: 80
• Solr path: solr/mysiteopensolrtest
• Add your opensolr account details for Basic HTTP Authentication
• HTTP method: Auto