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I'm trying to setup properly Solr under a debian machine. It's working ok but the I'm not sure where's the best location for the index files. Currently they are inside the application's folder but I don't really like this approach. I was thinking some of the following :

  • /var/lib/solr/index-name
  • /var/solr/index-name
  • /usr/share/solr

I like the first cause it follows debian's convention but the second is more obvious to me. Any thoughts???

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I'd go with the first: /var/lib/solr. Why?

Following the FHS on the var folder:

  1. There is a set of predefined folders inside var. It doesn't mean that you cannot add more, but you could prefer not to make it dirty.
  2. The /var/lib is where programs store the variable information they need to run. (Correct me if I'm wrong but I guess mysql uses /var/lib/mysql, for example).
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Regarding 2 : Yes, mysql goes there and I guess also redis goes there, etc, etc so I guess yes it makes sense... – Nikos D. Sep 22 '11 at 11:02
P.S. : Thanks for the link – Nikos D. Sep 22 '11 at 11:02
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