Download Apache Solr: http://lucene.apache.org/solr/

Extract the file "solr-9.8.1.zip" in the folder you want to install Solr: /opt/solr-9.8.1

$ unzip solr-9.8.1.zip -d /opt/

Create a symbolic link of the Solr installation folder:

$ ln -s /opt/solr-9.8.1/ /opt/solr

Change the folders permissions (if needed):

$ chmod -R 755 /opt/solr-9.8.1/
$ sudo chown -R mtitek:mtitek /opt/solr-9.8.1/

$ sudo chown -R mtitek:mtitek /opt/solr

You should replace mtitek:mtitek with your actual user/group names.

${SOLR_HOME} (or solr.solr.home) represents the path of the Solr home directory: /opt/solr/server/solr

${SOLR_ROOT} represents the path of the Solr installation folder: /opt/solr/

Configuration files:
► "${SOLR_HOME}/solr.xml"

Solr home directory ${SOLR_HOME} must contain a solr.xml file, otherwise Solr will fail to start.

Start Solr:

$ /opt/solr/bin/solr start

Access the Solr Admin UI: http://localhost:8983/solr

Stop Solr:

$ /opt/solr/bin/solr stop