Sharing a single solr server between multiple dovecot servers

[Aki Tuomi]

On 5.4.2021 15.15, Steve Dondley wrote:
> I am brand new to solr and I'm interested in using sharing it between
> several dovecot machines I'm running. I'm looking for some big picture
> guidance on what I need to do to configure solr to work with the
> different dovecot machines. So far, I managed to set up a single
> "dovecot" core on the solr server and it is working with one of my
> dovecot machines.
>
> I'm not sure how to proceed from here as I'm very unclear on how solr
> maintains separate indexes for different users on my different
> machines. Some basic questions I have are:
>
> 1) Do I need a new core for each of the dovecot machines I want to use
> with solr?
> 2) If not, how does solr ensure indexes for the different dovecot user
> do not get comingled?
> 3) If yes, how do I configure dovecot to tell it which solr core to use?
>
> Thanks.
>

If the dovecot servers are serving same users, you can share the server.
If not, then you need to use multiple cores. Each core has it's own
entry point (URL).

Aki