Articles: Apache Lucene

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Better Search with Fusion Signals

Signals in Lucidworks Fusion leverage information about external activity, e.g., information collected from logfiles and transaction databases, to improve the...
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Solr 5’s New ‘bin/post’ Utility

Series Introduction This is the first in a three part series demonstrating how it's possible to build a real application...
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What’s new in Apache Solr 5.2

Apache Lucene and Solr 5.2.0 were just released with tons of new features, optimizations, and bug fixes. Here are the...
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Custom Security Filtering in Solr 5.x

A customer that had implemented custom security filtering in Solr 3.x, and then moved to 4.x, recently worked with us to...
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Why Query Autofiltering Needs to Be More Precise

In a previous blog post, I introduced the concept of “query autofiltering”, which is the process of using the meta...
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Rule-Based Replica Assignment for SolrCloud

When Solr needs to assign nodes to collections, it can either automatically assign them randomly or the user can specify...
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Apache Solr 5.0 Highlights

The much anticipated Apache Lucene and Solr 5.0 was just released. It comes packed with tons of new features, stability...
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The Well Tempered Search Application – Fugue

or “Tarballs II - The Search for More Money” (First a shout-out to the one and only Mel Brooks for...
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Understanding Transaction Logs, Soft Commit and Commit In SolrCloud

The difference between Apache Solr's hard and soft commits and when to use each - including using openSearcher option for hard commits.
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Solr 2014: A Year In Review

The last few years have seen Apache Solr move at a reasonably aggressive pace. 2013 marked the debut of SolrCloud:...
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Important Security Notice: Parsing Untrusted Microsoft Office Files With “Solr Cell”

The Lucene PMC has issued an important security announcement regarding how some Solr users may be vulnerable to recently fixed...
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End-to-end Payload Example in Solr

Note: This example and solution presented below is no longer necessary in most cases. If you’re using Solr 6.6 or...
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