Configure apache solr with tomcat

Install tomcat

$ sudo yum install tomcat6

Download and extract apache solr : http://lucene.apache.org/solr/

$ cp apache-solr-3.6.2.war /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/solr.war
$ cp -r /data/apache-solr-3.6.2/example/solr /var/lib/tomcat6/

$ cat /etc/tomcat6/Catalina/localhost/solr.xml
$ chown -R tomcat: /var/lib/tomcat6/solr/
$ sudo service tomcat6 restart

Access url : http://<server_name/ip>:8080/solr/admin