Simple guide to install Apache Solr 3.x for Drupal 7

A quick and simple guide to get Drupal 7 and Apache Solr version 3.4 or higher running on your local development machine! For the ones that have been resistant in trying out Apache Solr, this is your chance. If you are running an OSX or Unix machine you could be running Apache Solr in under 5 minutes!

Follow these simple steps and you will become a Solr Master very soon!

Adding a custom plugin to Solr

Internally at Acquia we had the need to add a custom plugin to our Solr 3.4 Build. This was already developed for Solr 1.4 but since Solr 3.x is using a very different approach while building and compiling its contrib folder this became a challenge.
I'll warn you because this is probably a very uncommon use-case for 90% of the users.

Setting up Drupal 6 with Apache Solr on Tomcat 6 and Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)

During my last session on Drupalcamp in Barcelona I got the impression that there was a need for an updated guide on how to easily setup your own Apache Solr instance.

A look back : Drupalcamp Spain

Monday.. That day when you feel you have an empty spot somewhere that cannot be completed. You feel there is something missing! That missing thing is Drupalcamp Spain. Since Friday until Sunday afternoon the days were packed with Drupal Drupal Drupal!