The SearchStax Managed Search service allows you to permanently upgrade your Solr deployment for more memory and greater disk space. Self-service (silver) clients can perform this procedure on their own.… Continue reading Can I upgrade up to a larger Solr deployment?
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How many Solr servers, shards, and replicas should I have?
Note: We have a glossary covering collections, cores, shards, and replicas. As you might imagine, every SearchStax Managed Search service project is different. The size of the deployment (number of… Continue reading How many Solr servers, shards, and replicas should I have?
What is the TLS 1.2 Upgrade?
Transport Layer Security (TLS) has periodic releases that improve security. Older versions reach end-of-life and have to be phased out. SearchStax Managed Search service will phase out TLS 1.0 and… Continue reading What is the TLS 1.2 Upgrade?
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs)
From time to time, the Apache community announces a new security vulnerability (CVE) that impacts Solr. SearchStax carefully evaluates each threat and takes appropriate action to safeguard our clients. (See… Continue reading Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs)
Does SearchStax Support Solr Basic Authentication?
SearchStax Managed Search service production systems should be secured with Basic Authentication. You can set up Solr Basic Auth directly from the SearchStax Dashboard. Warning: Service Interruption Enabling/Disabling this feature… Continue reading Does SearchStax Support Solr Basic Authentication?
Basic Auth Credentials in PowerShell
SearchStax Managed Search service clients who manage their systems through PowerShell scripts quickly discover that PowerShell’s Invoke-RestMethod is not friendly to the usual method of passing the Basic Auth username… Continue reading Basic Auth Credentials in PowerShell
CSRF Verification Failed
Users of the SearchStax Managed Search service sometimes report a “CSRF verification failed” message that appears when they try to connect to the Managed Search interface. The message refers to… Continue reading CSRF Verification Failed
Does SearchStax support IP filtering?
Zookeeper ensembles absolutely must be secured by IP Filtering. Otherwise, they are vulnerable to hacking. The SearchStax Managed Search service enforces this requirement. See How can I secure Zookeeper? Solr… Continue reading Does SearchStax support IP filtering?
Cannot add another IP Filter!
Due to DHCP, SearchStax Managed Search service users sometimes find that their computer’s IP address has changed, invalidating their IP Filter access to Solr. Many people then create a new… Continue reading Cannot add another IP Filter!
Does SearchStax Support Static IP addresses?
Some SearchStax Managed Search service clients use outgoing IP filtering to increase the security of their systems. They inquire whether SearchStax can assign a static IP address to a deployment’s… Continue reading Does SearchStax Support Static IP addresses?