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title: "Managing search indexes"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to create and manage Solr search indexes for your Drupal application on Acquia Cloud Platform. Follow step-by-step instructions to set up, customize, and delete indexes for optimal site performance."
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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
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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](/acquia-cloud-platform/features/acquia-search/customizing/config-solr) 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](https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api) and [Apache Solr Search Integration module](https://www.drupal.org/node/343467) 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](/acquia-cloud-platform/features/acquia-search/customizing/config-solr).
    
6.  Select **Add** to create the index.

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

Note

Both custom and provided Solr 7 configsets are compatible with Solr 8.

Delete a Solr index
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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**.