Configure External Solr server with Governance Registry

In WSO2 Governance Registry 5.0.0, we have upgraded Apache Solr version into 5.2 release. With that you can connect WSO2 Governance Registry into an external Solr server or Solr cluster. External Solr integration provides features to gain comprehensive Administration Interfaces, High scalability and Fault Tolerance, Easy Monitoring and many more Solr capabilities. Let me explain how you can connect WSO2 Governance Registry server with an external Apache Solr server. 1). First, you have to download Apache Solr 5.x.x from the below location. http://lucene.apache.org/solr/mirrors-solr-latest-redir.html Please note that we have only verified with Solr 5.2.0 and 5.2.1 versions only. 2). Then unzip Solr Zip file. Once unzipped, it's content will look like the below. The bin folder contains the scripts to start and stop the server. Before starting the Solr server, you have to make sure JAVA_HOME variable is set properly. Apache Solr is shipped with an inbuilt Jetty ser