Solr - Get Started

1. Download the latest Solr release here
2. Extract the package. (The root location will be referred to as [solr-dist] in the rest of the article)
3. Go to [solr-dist]/solr/example and run:

java -jar start.jar

to start Solr
4. Go to [solr-dist]/solr/example/exampledocs and run:

java -jar post.jar *.xml

to index some sample documents into Solr
5. Now you can go to http://localhost:8983/solr/collection1/browse to start searching.
For more information, go to Solr Tutorial