Enhance your search with faceted navigation, result highlighting, relevancy ranked sorting, and more Comprehensive information on Apache Solr 3 with examples and tips so you can focus on the important parts Integration examples with databases, web-crawlers, XSLT, Java&embedded-Solr, PHP&Drupal, JavaScript, Ruby frameworks Advice on data modeling, deployment considerations to include security, logging, and monitoring, and advice on scaling Solr and measuring performance An update of the best-selling title on Solr 1.4 In Detail If you are a developer building an app today then you know how important a good search experience is. Apache Solr, built on Apache Lucene, is a wildly popular open source enterprise search server that easily delivers powerful search and faceted navigation features that are elusive with databases. Solr supports complex search criteria, faceting, result highlighting, query-completion, query spell-check, relevancy tuning, and more. Apache Solr 3 Enterprise Search Server is a comprehensive reference guide for every feature Solr has to offer. It serves the reader right from initiation to development to deployment. It also comes with complete running examples to demonstrate its use and show how to integrate Solr with other languages and frameworks. Through using a large set of metadata about artists, releases, and tracks courtesy of the MusicBrainz.org project, you will have a testing ground for Solr, and will learn how to import this data in various ways. You will then learn how to search this data in different ways, including Solr's rich query syntax and "boosting" match scores based on record data. Finally, we'll cover various deployment considerations to include indexing strategies and performance-oriented configuration that will enable you to scale Solr to meet the needs of a high-volume site. What you will learn from this book Design a schema to include text indexing details like tokenization, stemming, and synonyms Import data using various formats like CSV, XML, and from databases, and extract text from common document formats Search using Solr's rich query syntax, perform geospatial searches, and influence relevancy order Enhance search results with faceting, query spell-checking, auto-completing queries, highlighted search results, and more Integrate a host of technologies with Solr from the server side to client-side JavaScript, to frameworks like Drupal Scale Solr by learning how to tune it and how to use replication and sharding Approach The book is written as a reference guide. It includes fully working examples based on a real-world public data set. Who this book is written for This book is for developers who want to learn how to use Apache Solr in their applications. Only basic programming skills are needed.

There's plenty of documentation on installing and configuring the Apache web server, but where do you find help for the day-to-day stuff, like adding common modules or fine-tuning your activity logging? That's easy. The new edition of the Apache Cookbook offers you updated solutions to the problems you're likely to encounter with the new versions of Apache. Written by members of the Apache Software Foundation, and thoroughly revised for Apache versions 2.0 and 2.2, recipes in this book range from simple tasks, such installing the server on Red Hat Linux or Windows, to more complex tasks, such as setting up name-based virtual hosts or securing and managing your proxy server. Altogether, you get more than 200 timesaving recipes for solving a crisis or other deadline conundrums, with topics including:Security Aliases, Redirecting, and Rewriting CGI Scripts, the suexec Wrapper, and other dynamic content techniques Error Handling SSL Performance This book tackles everything from beginner problems to those faced by experienced users. For every problem addressed in the book, you will find a worked-out solution that includes short, focused pieces of code you can use immediately. You also get explanations of how and why the code works, so you can adapt the problem-solving techniques to similar situations. Instead of poking around mailing lists, online documentation, and other sources, rely on the Apache Cookbook for quick solutions when you need them. Then you can spend your time and energy where it matters most.

MySQL is the world's most popular open source database. MySQL is designed for speed, power, and flexibility in mission-critical, heavy-use environments and modest applications as well. It's also surprisingly rich in features. If you're a database administrator or programmer you probably love the myriad of things MySQL can do, but sometimes wish there wasn't such a myriad of things to remember. With MySQL in a Nutshell by your keyboard, you can drill down into the full depth of MySQL's capabilities quickly and easily.MySQL in a Nutshell is the indispensable desktop reference to all MySQL functions. Programming language APIs for PHP, Perl, and C are covered, as well as all the popular MySQL utilities.This invaluable resource clearly documents the details that experienced users need to take full advantage of this powerful database management system. Better yet, this wealth of information is packed into the concise, comprehensive, and extraordinarily easy-to-use format for which the in a Nutshell guides are renowned.In addition to providing a thorough reference to MySQL statements and functions, the administrative utilities, and the most popular APIs, MySQL in a Nutshell includes several tutorial chapters to help newcomers get started. Moreover, each chapter covering an API begins with a brief tutorial so that, regardless of your level of experience in any given area, you will be able to understand and master unfamiliar territory.MySQL in a Nutshell distills all the vital MySQL details you need on a daily basis into one convenient, well-organized book. It will save you hundreds of hours of tedious research or trial and error and put the facts you need to truly tap MySQL's capabilities at your fingertips.

Consisting of a number of well-known open source products, JBoss is more a family of interrelated services than a single monolithic application. But, as with any tool that's as feature-rich as JBoss, there are number of pitfalls and complexities, too. Most developers struggle with the same issues when deploying J2EE applications on JBoss: they have trouble getting the many J2EE and JBoss deployment descriptors to work together; they have difficulty finding out how to get started; their projects don't have a packaging and deployment strategy that grows with the application; or, they find the Class Loaders confusing and don't know how to use them, which can cause problems. JBoss at Work: A Practical Guide helps developers overcome these challenges. As you work through the book, you'll build a project using extensive code examples. You'll delve into all the major facets of J2EE application deployment on JBoss, including JSPs, Servlets, EJBs, JMS, JNDI, web services, JavaMail, JDBC, and Hibernate. With the help of this book, you'll: Implement a full J2EE application and deploy it on JBoss Discover how to use the latest features of JBoss 4 and J2EE 1.4, including J2EE-compliant web services Master J2EE application deployment on JBoss with EARs, WARs, and EJB JARs Understand the core J2EE deployment descriptors and how they integrate with JBoss-specific descriptors Base your security strategy on JAASWritten for Java developers who want to use JBoss on their projects, the book covers the gamut of deploying J2EE technologies on JBoss, providing a brief survey of each subject aimed at the working professional with limited time. If you're one of the legions of developers who have decided to give JBoss a try, then JBoss at Work: A Practical Guide is your next logical purchase. It'll show you in plain language how to use the fastest growing open source tool in the industry today. If you've worked with JBoss before, this book will get you up to speed on JBoss 4, JBoss WS (web services), and Hibernate 3.

It takes a book as versatile as its subject to cover Apache Tomcat, the popular open source Servlet and JSP container and high performance web server. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide is a valuable reference for administrators and webmasters, a useful guide for programmers who want to use Tomcat as their web application server during development or in production, and an excellent introduction for anyone interested in Tomcat. Updated for the latest version of Tomcat, this new edition offers a complete guide to installing, configuring, maintaining and securing this servlet container. In fact, with such a wealth of new information, this is essentially a new book rather than a simple revision. You will find details for using Tomcat on all major platforms, including Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD, along with specifics on Tomcat configuration files, and step-by-step advice for deploying and running web applications. This book offers complete information for:Installation and startup proceduresConfiguring Tomcat-including realms, roles, users, servlet sessions, and JNDI resources including JDBC DataSourcesDeploying web applications-individual servlets and JSP pages, and web application archive filesTuning Tomcat to measure and improve performanceIntegrating Tomcat with Apache Web ServerSecuring Tomcat to keep online thugs at bayTomcat configuration files-server.xml and web.xml, and moreDebugging and Troubleshooting-diagnosing problems with Tomcat or a web applicationCompiling your own Tomcat, rather than using the pre-built releaseRunning two or more Tomcat servlet containers in parallel This book also offers an overview of the Tomcat open source project's community resources, including docs, mailing lists, and more. Community interest fueled a strong demand for a Tomcat guide from O'Reilly. The result clearly exceeds expectations.

The Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Third Edition dispenses all the practical advice you need to join a network. Along with some hardware considerations, this highly acclaimed guide takes an in-depth look at all of the essential networking software that comes with the operating system--including basic infrastructure (TCP/IP, wireless networking, firewalling) and the most popular services on Linux systems.But as the follow-up to a classic, the third edition of the Linux Network Administrator's Guide does more than just spruce up the basics. It also provides the very latest information on the following cutting-edge services:Wireless hubs OpenLDAP FreeS/WAN IMAP Spam filtering OpenSSH BIND IPv6 Featuring a litany of insider tips and techniques, the Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Third Edition is an invaluable companion for any network administrator interested in integrating Linux into their Windows environmentAuthored by Terry Dawson, Tony Bautts, and Gregor N. Purdy, the Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Third Edition emerged from the Linux Documentation Project (LDP). The LDP's goal is to centralize all of the issues of Linux documentation, ranging from online documentation topics such as installing, using, and running Linux.

This manual is a printed edition of the official Apache HTTP server reference documentation from the Apache 2.2.17 distribution. In over 800 pages it documents all the modules and configuration directives in the standard Apache 2 distribution, and describes how to set up, administer and debug Apache servers. It also includes extensive how-to guides for mod_rewrite, virtual hosting, authentication, security, and many other topics. For each copy of this manual sold, the publisher (Network Theory Ltd) donates 1 USD to The Apache Software Foundation to support the further development of free software.

The IBM WebSphere TM family of products offers customers an open standards-based Java Server runtime environment, along with Web site development tools, commerce software and management software to help companies build, manage and deploy powerful, portable e-business applications. The Aberdeen Group predicts that WebSphere will become the most widely deployed open-standard-based run-time environment on the market. Any company that has a large existing IT infrastructure based on IBM products will certainly put IBM at the top of its list of vendors to turn to for e-commerce/e-business solutions. A few of the companies who recently chose WebSphere are Banc One, NYSE, Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Ingram Micro, and Merck KGaA. IBM WebSphere Starter Kit will be one-stop solution for developers building e-commerce websites from start to finish, including ready-to-use software.

This book is for Web Developers who want to learn how to use Linux&Apache for Website Hosting. The first chapters will teach you how to install Linux and Apache 2.0 on a home or office machine for testing purposes. Then you'll learn how to perform dozens of common tasks including: Updating server software Setting up new Websites, Email Accounts and Subdomains Configuring various Linux&Apache files related to performance and security Install spam filtering software Perform automatic backups and crash recoveries And much more. This is the ideal book for anyone who wants to run Websites using a leased or co-located Linux server, without having to spends thousands of dollars annually on third party support and management.

Develop flexible, cross-platform Web applications using Oracle Application Server 10g and this exclusive Oracle Press guide. Take advantage of the full support for all major Web development languages, APIs, and frameworks and learn to create and test applications quickly, interface with the Oracle database seamlessly, and deploy your applications to the Web securely. Inside you’ll find full details on J2EE integration, Oracle Forms 10g, Oracle Reports 10g, OracleAS Discoverer 10g, OracleAS Portal, and Oracle JDeveloper 10g. (20041213)