Install Solr as Windows Service for Sitecore Content Search

To install Solr as a Windows service.

1. Download and setup Solr for Sitecore.
   Great tutorial from Dan Solovay on this
   http://www.dansolovay.com/2013/05/setting-up-solr-with-sitecore-7.html
2. Download Non Sucking Service Manager from http://nssm.cc/download
3. Copy the nssm.exe into your solr directory.

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4. Create a bat file within the Solr/example folder. Example below, where CD is your example folder within your Solr directory.

   @echo off
   cd "C:\solr\example\"
   java -Xms64M -Xmx256M -jar start.jar

5. Run Command Prompt as Admin. CD to the directory containing of your NSSM.exe
6. Run the following script to install Solr as a service."nssm install YourDesiredServiceName" "c:/Solr/LocationOfBatScript""E.g. nssm install MikeRobbinsSolr "C:\solr\example\Solr.bat"

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7. Start the service from the services snap in

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