SolrCloud Training Course

Introduction to Search Technologies

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

Apache Lucene and Apache Solr Fundamentals

• Overview of the Apache Lucene architecture
• Summary of Apache Solr capabilities
• Solr collections, cores, documents, and schemas
• Understanding the Solr search and indexing lifecycle

SolrCloud Architecture and Concepts

• Grasping distributed search architecture
• How SolrCloud diverges from traditional Solr deployments
• SolrCloud components and cluster structure
• Collections, shards, replicas, and leaders
• Designing scalable search environments

Deploying SolrCloud on AWS

• Preparing Amazon EC2 environments
• Installing and configuring SolrCloud clusters
• Setting up nodes and cluster communication
• Managing SolrCloud services and configurations

Indexing and Data Management in SolrCloud

• Adding and managing documents across shards
• Understanding indexing strategies
• Commit strategies and optimisation
• Managing updates and distributed indexing

Cluster Coordination with Apache ZooKeeper

• Introduction to ZooKeeper and its role in SolrCloud
• Managing cluster state and configuration
• Automating cluster coordination
• Handling configuration files with ZooKeeper

Reliability, Fault Tolerance, and Scaling

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

SolrCloud Administration and Monitoring

• Managing SolrCloud through administration 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