How to set Apache solr admin password

Question

I an not very familiar with solr. I have installed solr successfully. It is using jetty webserver. My solr version is 4.10.3. It admin page is not protected by password. Anyone can access it. I want to apply a paaword on solr admin. How I will do it?

Answer 1

Enable authentication in solr admin running with solr 6.1 and jetty

Pre condition:

1. Solr version 6.1

2. Solr is running successfully in the system

3. Solr Admin running through jetty

Process:

1. Edit jetty.xml

Edit the file “server/etc/jetty.xml” Add following before the Configure tag ends

<Call name="addBean">       <Arg>         <New class="org.eclipse.jetty.security.HashLoginService">           <Set name="name">Test Realm</Set>           <Set name="config"><SystemProperty name="jetty.home" default="."/>/etc/realm.properties</Set>           <Set name="refreshInterval">0</Set>         </New>       </Arg>     </Call> 

2. Edit webdefault.xml

Edit the file “server/etc/webdefault.xml” Add following before the web-app tag ends

<security-constraint>     <web-resource-collection>       <web-resource-name>Solr authenticated application</web-resource-name>       <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>     </web-resource-collection>     <auth-constraint>       <role-name>core1-role</role-name>     </auth-constraint>   </security-constraint>    <login-config>     <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>     <realm-name>Test Realm</realm-name>   </login-config> 

Special Note:

Value used in the role-name tag need to be same used in “realm.properties” file

3. Create new file “realm.properties”

Create a file named “realm.properties” in the location “server/etc/” and put the below content

admin: admin123,core1-role 

User Name: admin

Password: admin123

Role name: core1-role

(This need to be same as the name used in role-name tag in server/etc/webdefault.xml” file )

4. Final Step

Restart Solr server

Now access Solr in your browser http://localhost:8983/solr/ You will find the browser is asking for username and password. Enter the username and password.