solr connection refused.

[Jose Blanco]

I'm getting this error:

Caused by: org.dspace.discovery.SearchServiceException: Server refused connection at: http://dev.deepblue.lib.umich.edu/solr/search


Do I need to do something to enable this connection?


Thank you!
-Jose

[Mark H. Wood]

I would check the value of solr.server in 'config/dspace.cfg' and the
value of discovery.search.server in 'config/modules/discovery.cfg',
and see whether 'LocalHostRestrictionFilter.localhost' is set 'false'
in your Solr Context. By default, DSpace installs Solr with a filter
that denies access except from the local host (127.0.0.1, ::1). An
attempt to connect to that Solr instance at a public address, such as
that of dev.deepblue.lib.umich.edu, would be rejected, because it
requires the request to be *sent from* an address other than a loopback
address.

If this is the problem, then I would either reconfigure DSpace to
contact Solr via 'localhost', or disable the filter and protect Solr
from outside access by other means such as a host firewall or Tomcat's
RemoteAddrValve.

I do find it convenient to allow connections to development instances
of Solr from a few other internal hosts.

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Mark H. Wood
Lead Technology Analyst

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