Apache Solr Reference Guide Covering Apache Solr 6.0

If the field name is defined in the Schema that is associated with the index, then the analysis steps associated
with that field will be applied to its content when the content is tokenized. Fields that are not explicitly defined in
the Schema will either be ignored or mapped to a dynamic field definition (see Documents, Fields, and Schema
Design), if one matching the field name exists.
For more information on indexing in Solr, see the Solr Wiki.
The Solr Example Directory
When starting Solr with the "-e" option, the example/ directory will be used as base directory for the example
Solr instances that are created. This directory also includes an example/exampledocs/ subdirectory
containing sample documents in a variety of formats that you can use to experiment with indexing into the
various examples.
The curl Utility for Transferring Files
Many of the instructions and examples in this section make use of the curl utility for transferring content
through a URL. curl posts and retrieves data over HTTP, FTP, and many other protocols. Most Linux
distributions include a copy of curl. You'll find curl downloads for Linux, Windows, and many other operating
systems at http://curl.haxx.se/download.html. Documentation for curl is available here: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/
manpage.html.
Using curl or other command line tools for posting data is just fine for examples or tests, but it's not the
recommended method for achieving the best performance for updates in production environments. You
will achieve better performance with Solr Cell or the other methods described in this section.
Instead of curl, you can use utilities such as GNU wget ( http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ ) or manage
GETs and POSTS with Perl, although the command line options will differ.
Post Tool
Solr includes a simple command line tool for POSTing various types of content to a Solr server. The tool is bin/
post. The bin/post tool is a Unix shell script; for Windows (non-Cygwin) usage, see the Windows section below.
To run it, open a window and enter:
bin/post -c gettingstarted example/films/films.json
This will contact the server at localhost:8983. Specifying the collection/core name is mandatory. The
'-help' (or simply '-h') option will output information on its usage (i.e., bin/post -help).
Using the bin/post Tool
Specifying either the collection/core name or the full update url is mandatory when using bin/post.
The basic usage of bin/post is:
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