Introduction to Apache Lucene and Solr
Lucene and Solr are state of the art search technologies available for free as open source from The Apache Software Foundation. Lucene is the underlying search library, and Solr is a platform built on top of Lucene that makes it easy to build Lucene-based applications. Both are full-featured and have excellent performance, relevancy ranking and scalability. These technologies are used today by thousands of organizations and power substantial search applications at AOL, Comcast Interactive Media, IBM, Netflix, LinkedIn and MySpace.
Choosing a Search Engine
Setting Up Apache Web Server
So, you want to set up a web server? Well, you have come to the right article. I will show you how to set up an Apache web server. There are some things you should know before we start setting up your web server. A web server is a software that always runs on a computer and allows other computers to download the files from it. This book you are reading traveled over a network connection, in this case the web server, right to your computer.
Why would you want to run your very own web server? Maybe it’s because you want to download files from your own computer onto another computer, or maybe it’s because you want your very own website hosted with just the cost of electric. A server can be a powerful thing to have, it could open up exploits to your computer if not done right. So, if you follow this book right you will be up and running without any problems at all!
Consider Nginx, a Worthy Alternative to Apache HTTP Web Server
If you run your web server and can choose a web server platform independently of your web host, who will typically provide you with a choice of either Apache’s HTTP Server or Microsoft’s IIS (Internet Information Services), then you should consider nginx.
Nginx is relatively new to the web server crew, but is fast-growing and very well-regarded. Compared to Apache which first appeared in 1995, nginx was first written and released in 2004 by Igor Sysoev, a senior systems administrator at Russian search engine company Rambler Media.
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