Before using Acquia Search, you must create a Solr index for your Drupal application. Follow these steps to create and manage your indexes through the Acquia platform administration interface.

Create a Solr index

1. Navigate to the desired Cloud Platform environment.
2. Select the Search option in the left navigation pane.
3. Select Add Search Index.
4. Select the database for which you want to create the index.

5. Based on your version of Drupal, select the default Solr configset that you want to apply, or apply a custom configset through the Configuration Set option.

   • Current Drupal version: Select the (Latest) Drupal 9 / 10 - Search API Solr 4.3.2 - Solr 8 - [drupal-4.3.2-solr-8.x-0] - v1.0
   • Drupal 8/9:  Select the (Latest) Drupal 8 / 9 - Search API Solr 4.2.0 - Solr 7 - [drupal-4.2.0-solr-7.x-0] - v2.0
   • Drupal 7: Select the (Latest) Drupal 7 - Search API Solr 4.4 - Solr 7 - [drupal-4.4-solr-7.x] v1.0 
   Note

   • You can use the Acquia-provided (Latest) Drupal 7 - Search API Solr 4.4 - Solr 7 - [drupal-4.4-solr-7.x] - v1.0 configset for Drupal 7 with both the Search API module and Apache Solr Search Integration module ecosystems.
   • These are the default Solr configsets, which are meant for single-language sites and optimized for English. If you need support for other languages or Solr configurations, apply a custom configset.
6. Select Add to create the index.

It may take Acquia Search several minutes to create the index for you.

Delete a Solr index

1. Navigate to the desired environment.
2. Select the Search option in the left navigation pane.
3. Locate the index you want to delete, and select the ellipsis icon in the Actions column.
4. Select Delete index.
5. Confirm deletion by entering CONFIRM in the prompt.
6. Select Delete.

Managing search indexes