Solr vs. Elasticsearch. Elasticsearch vs. Solr. Which one is better? How are they different? Which one should you use? Before we start, check out two useful Cheat Sheets to guide you through both Solr and Elasticsearch and help boost your productivity and […]
Author: Rafal Kuć
Introducing Instant Templates & Mappings
Logsene, our hosted ELK stack now part of Sematext Cloud, exposes the Elasticsearch API. As a Logsene user you may or may not be aware of this. If you have experience with Elasticsearch though, if you’re aware of its rich […]
Solr V2 API – Quick Look
We are all used to the Solr API that has been present in Solr from its beginnings. We send the data using HTTP protocol, we include all parameters in the URL itself, and we are bound to that. Some people […]
Kafka Connect Elasticsearch: Consuming and Indexing with Kafka Connect
In the world of DevOps, metric collection, log centralization and analysis Apache Kafka is the most commonly used middleware. More specifically, it is used as a fast, persistent queue between data sources like log shippers and the storage that makes […]
Solr New Metrics API: Quick look at Solr 6.4
As you know, in Sematext we looooove logs and metrics and we enjoy playing with them on a daily basis. We have our Logsene, which is all about logs and their analysis. We have our SPM which can monitor half […]
How to ship Kibana Server Logs to Elasticsearch
When dealing with log centralization in your organization you have to start with something. Often times people start by collecting logs for the most crucial pieces of software, and frequently one chooses to ship them to their own in-house Elasticsearch-based […]
Migrating to SolrCloud from Solr Master-Slave
Nowadays there are more and more organizations searching for fault-tolerant and highly available solutions for various parts of their infrastructure, including search, which evolved from merely a “nice to have” feature to the first class citizen and a “must have” element. Apache Solr […]
Handling Shards in SolrCloud
One of the things you learn when attending Sematext Solr training is how to scale Solr. We discuss various topics regarding leader shards and their replicas – things like when to go for more leaders, when to go for more […]
DocValues Reindexing with Solr Streaming Expressions
Last time, when talking about Solr 6 we learned how to use streaming expressions to automatically update data in a collection. You can imagine this is not the only cool thing you can do with streaming expressions. Today, we will […]
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