Allow to update to a new solr version

[bmack]

Hi Jeff,

I was looking at the repo to check how one could force updating solr to the latest version? The following lines basically
skip downloading a newer version if it was installed already:

https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-solr/blob/master/tasks/main.yml#L15-L18

Does it make sense to have a "force download" option or something along the lines to re-download / re-install the solr package?

I'm thinking of "Hey, I'd like to update from 8.11.0 to 8.11.1" or something along the lines in the future.

Do you have any recommendations on how to achieve this, or should an option be introduced instead?

Thanks in advance,
Benni.

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[TheEvilCoder42]

@geerlingguy Not stale, still not resolved..

[geerlingguy]

Since I use the apt/dnf repositories for the role, I usually manage updates with apt upgrade or the equivalent, and I don't think too much about individual minor version numbers.

For some software I've found minor versions to historically cause bugs, therefore I've added functionality to allow pinning versions, but that adds a little complexity and I don't know if I'd care to add that to this role.

[TheEvilCoder42]

Since I use the apt/dnf repositories for the role, I usually manage updates with apt upgrade or the equivalent, and I don't think too much about individual minor version numbers.

For some software I've found minor versions to historically cause bugs, therefore I've added functionality to allow pinning versions, but that adds a little complexity and I don't know if I'd care to add that to this role.

Not in this case, since Apache Solr is seemingly still distributed by a tar.gz file and installed by a script in this role.
As the reference in this issue shows, the download doesn't happen when solr_install_path_status.stat.isdir is not defined (already installed).

Apart from that, I share the same opinion about minor versions.

Thank you very much for all the roles you maintain :)

[geerlingguy]

Oh wow! Goes to show how long it's been since I ran the role on a long-lived server! I've run the docker container version for a while now for my own needs, since shutting down Hosted Apache Solr :(

This issue can remain open; I just don't know if I'll have time to work on the feature ever.

[cherouvim]

My method (on Ubuntu) has been this:

sudo service solr stop
sudo update-rc.d -f solr remove
sudo rm -f /opt/solr
sudo rm -f /etc/default/solr.in.sh
sudo rm -f /etc/init.d/solr

and then run the ansible role.