How can I specify shards number/zookeeper path in solrconfig.xml?

Question

In solr 4 tutorial example show that I can start solr from start.jar.

java -Djetty.port=7574 -DzkHost=localhost:9983 -jar start.jar

I want to start it with my tomcat from war file(I have configured initctl daemon so it will be easier and more stable), therefor I have to specify these cloud parameters somewhere in configuration files, solr.xml or solrconfig.xml. How can I do this?

Answer 1

You have to do this in [yourtomcatdir]/solr/solr.xml -- in this file at a top-level node (solr) you can have a zkHost attribute where you list coma-separated zookeeper instances (host:port) to connect to for getting core configuration.