Solr (pronounced “solar”) is an open source enterprise search platform, written in Java, from the Apache Lucene project. Its major features include full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, real-time indexing, dynamic clustering, database integration, NoSQL features and rich document (e.g., Word, PDF) handling. Providing distributed search and index replication, Solr is designed for scalability and fault tolerance. Solr is the second-most popular enterprise search engine after Elasticsearch.

In this ebook, we provide a compilation of Apache Solr tutorials that will help you kick-start your own programming projects. We cover a wide range of topics, from basic usage and installation, to query syntax and synonyms search. With our straightforward tutorials, you will be able to get your own projects up and running in minimum time.