SOLR - sunspot_rails/sunspot_solr 2.1 - NO JSP support

Question

I'm currently using the master branch of the sunspot_rails/sunspot_solr gem and when I run bundle exec rake sunspot:solr:run the following error occurs:

2013-12-22 14:46:48.884:INFO:oejw.StandardDescriptorProcessor:NO JSP Support for /solr, did not find org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet
Null identity service, trying login service: null
Finding identity service: null

How do I go about rectifying this error and thereby enabling JSP support for my Rails SOLR environment?

Furthermore my bundle exec rake sunspot:solr:reindex command is causing the below errors on each index attempt:

14:48:06
SEVERE
SolrCore
java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
14:48:06
SEVERE
SolrDispatchFilter
null:java.lang.NullPointerException
null:java.lang.NullPointerException

I'm assuming that the initial JSP support error is causing my indexing to fail.

Any help in the right direction appreciated.

Answer 1

I ended up ditching SOLR in favour of Elasticsearch. I found the setup for SOLR was too much of a hassle, for both development and production, and it had very limited configuration options.

You can download and install the Elasticsearch service at their official site: http://www.elasticsearch.org.

In order to use the search service with Rails, just include the gem in your application gemfile:

gem 'searchkick'

You can also find more information on how to configure your instance on their Github wiki: https://github.com/ankane/searchkick/blob/master/README.md

Hope this proves helpful!

Answer 2

I had similar problem when upgrading to sunspot_solr 2.2. Here's how I solved the issue:

1. bundle install
2. Delete /solr directory completely since solr/config/solrconfig.xml, solr/data, and other files are outdated.
3. bundle exec rails generate sunspot_rails:install
4. bundle exec rake sunspot:solr:run # this will recreate your /solr directory with its config and other files
5. bundle exec rake sunspot:reindex