Configuring Search Host Slave Servers

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

About this task

You can install as many Slave Servers as you want on a single machine or on multiple machines. When you set up Slave 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 Slave Server.
    • The host name and port number of the Master Server
    • The username needed to access the Master Server
    • The password needed to access the Master Server

    For example:

    Configure-Search-Hist.ps1 slave masterhost: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'.