Rails 4: RSolr::Error::Http (RSolr::Error::Http - 404 Not Found

Question

I am in the process of upgrading my app to Rails 4, and now got my rails server, as well as sunspot solr, after a lot of tinkering, to run, I can access Solr admin page. However when I try to access solr from my rails development app to do search or index, I get the following error

RSolr::Error::Http (RSolr::Error::Http - 404 Not Found
Error:     Not Found

Request Data: "fq=type%3AMatch&fq=date_in_utc_d%3A%7B2013%5C-11%5C-29T21%5C%3A00%5C%3A00Z+TO+%2A%7D&fq=approval__s%3AAPPROVED&sort=date_d+asc&q=london&fl=%2A+score&qf=caption_text%5E10+city_name_text%5E10+team_name_text%5E10+&defType=edismax&start=0&rows=30"

Backtrace: /Users/bashar/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/rsolr-1.0.9/lib/rsolr/client.rb:268:in `adapt_response'
/Users/bashar/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/rsolr-1.0.9/lib/rsolr/client.rb:175:in `execute'
/Users/bashar/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/rsolr-1.0.9/lib/rsolr/client.rb:161:in `send_and_receive'
/Users/bashar/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/sunspot_rails-2.1.0/lib/sunspot/rails/solr_instrumentation.rb:16:in `block in send_and_receive_with_as_instrumentation'
/Users/bashar/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:159:in `block in instrument'
/Users/bashar/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:20:in `instrument'
/Users/bashar/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:159:in `instrument'
/Users/bashar/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/sunspot_rails-2.1.0/lib/sunspot/rails/solr_instrumentation.rb:15:in `send_and_receive_with_as_instrumentation'
(eval):2:in `post'
/Users/bashar/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/sunspot-2.1.0/lib/sunspot/search/abstract_search.rb:45:in `execute'
/Users/bashar/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/sunspot-2.1.0/lib/sunspot/session.rb:59:in `search'):
  <a href="txmt://open?url=file:///Users/bashar/rails-projects/myapp/app/models/match.rb&amp;line=474&amp;column=1">app/models/match.rb:474:in `upcoming_games'</a>
  <a href="txmt://open?url=file:///Users/bashar/rails-projects/myapp/app/controllers/tickets_controller.rb&amp;line=34&amp;column=1">app/controllers/tickets_controller.rb:34:in `search'</a>


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This is the sunspot.yml file.

production:
  solr:
    hostname: ENV['WEBSOLR_URL']
    port: 80
    log_level: WARNING
    path: /solr/production
    # read_timeout: 2
    # open_timeout: 0.5
development:
  solr:
    hostname: 192.168.0.11
    port: 8981
    log_level: INFO
    path: /solr/development
test:
  solr:
    hostname: localhost
    port: 8981
    log_level: WARNING
    path: /solr/test

I verified solr is data is in the right path. I know there are similar posts, but their solutions didn't work. I tried to comment path:, or use /solr/default, or just /solr, or use the ip instead of localhost to no avail

Any idea? Tips on how I can see where the rails suntspot solr request is trying to reach?

Answer 1

Solved it! Followed steps in Answer suggested here with little alteration:

1. stopping all running solr processes
2. removing the solr folder BUT keep a copy of it accessible in case you need some of the old config, synonyms and such.
3. gem uninstall all related gems
4. bundle install
5. rails generate sunspot_rails:install
6. start solr
7. reindex solr: Now as I'm using mongoid, rake sunspot:reindex doesn't seem to work, but going from console and doing Sunspot.index!(Model.all) is doing it for me.

Answer 2

My fix for this problem is: Comment the path parameter(default configuration) at config/sunspot.yml configuration file.

Default was: #path: /solr/development.

After this,

• Stop all processes of solr by,

  ps aux | grep 'solr' 
  kill PROCESS_ID
  

• Remove "solr" folder which was inside at your application directory.

  rm -rf solr
  

This will remove your previous configurations.

• Then, rake sunspot:solr:start

• After starting solr server then again try for reindex,

      rake sunspot:reindex
  

Issue should be resolved.

I have used the sunspot solr full text search for one of my project, where I have resolved the above mentioned issue.

e.g. reference link - http://moreaboutsports.com/