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Brandon
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8 years ago

Apache Solr datasources need scrubbing

I'm not sure where else to post this, but I wanted to make sure the LogicMonitor team takes another look at the apache solr datasources in the repository as they need to be scrubbed.  Currently the...
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Brandon
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8 years ago

This datasource doesn't poll SOLR via the API.  It uses JMX which has to be enabled on your SOLR cores (collections) in solrconfig.xml.  You can read how to do that here:  https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/6_6/using-jmx-with-solr.html

JMX provides lots of data that might not be exposed via the standard api queries.  However, SOLR is actually quite good about making sure all sorts of monitoring data is available without JMX and they don't recommend enabling it in production.