The goal in this post is to add Solr service to the Ambari Add Services list.

Operating system is Ubuntu 14.04 on AWS. I am using Ambari 2.4.1.0, Hortonworks Data Platform version is 2.5.0.0.

Ssh to Ambari server and step into /tmp directory

cd /tmp

Download the Solr package

wget http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/HDP-SOLR/hdp-solr-ambari-mp/solr-service-mpack-5.5.2.2.5.tar.gz

Install the package

sudo ambari-server install-mpack --mpack=/tmp/solr-service-mpack-5.5.2.2.5.tar.gz

Output

Using python  /usr/bin/python
Installing management pack
Ambari Server 'install-mpack' completed successfully.

Create definition for the HDP Search repository

sudo vi /var/lib/ambari-server/resources/stacks/HDP/2.5/repos/repoinfo.xml

Find your os and add to it repo for HDP-SOLR (below is example for Ubuntu 14)

  <os family="ubuntu14">
    <repo>
      <baseurl>http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/HDP/ubuntu14/2.x/updates/2.5.0.0</baseurl>
      <repoid>HDP-2.5</repoid>
      <reponame>HDP</reponame>
    </repo>
    <repo>
      <baseurl>http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/HDP-UTILS-1.1.0.21/repos/ubuntu12</baseurl>
      <repoid>HDP-UTILS-1.1.0.21</repoid>
      <reponame>HDP-UTILS</reponame>
    </repo>
    <repo>
      <baseurl>http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/HDP-SOLR-2.5-100/repos/ubuntu14</baseurl>
      <repoid>HDP-SOLR-2.5-100</repoid>
      <reponame>HDP-SOLR</reponame>
    </repo>
  </os>

List of other systems.

 sudo ambari-server restart 

Log in to Ambari and click on Add Services. Solr should be available now (at the bottom)

Solr can now be installed via Ambari. This is explained in this post.