Configuring Search Host Replica Servers

To install a Search Host Replica Server, specify the location and credentials of the Primary Server in the Search Host configuration tool.

About this task

You can install as many Replica Servers as you want on a single machine or on multiple machines. When you set up Replica Servers on multiple machines, you need to set up the machines behind a Network Load Balancer (NLB).

Procedure

  1. Install a Search Host service on a dedicated machine using the Content Manager installer.
  2. Open PowerShell and navigate to the folder %TRIDION_HOME%\bin\, which contains the PowerShell script Configure-Search-Host.ps1.
  3. Run this script, passing the following parameters:
    • The string slave, to indicate you are installing a Replica Server.
    • The host name and port number of the Primary Server
    • The username needed to access the Primary Server
    • The password needed to access the Primary Server

    For example:

    Configure-Search-Hist.ps1 slave primaryhost:8983 mydomain\mtsuser kumquat
  4. Access your Control Panel and in Services, restart the Windows service called Tridion Sites Content Manager Search Host.
  5. To verify, access http://dedicatedserver:8983/tridion/admin/replication/index.jsp, where dedicatedserver is the name of the machine, and where 8983 may be a different port if you configured one.
    The top of the page says 'Solr replication (tridion) Slave'.