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start

Starts a locally installed Solr node previously created by the install command.

Syntax

solr-orbit start --installation-id ID --test-run-id ID [OPTIONS]

Options

Option	Required	Description
--installation-id	Yes	ID of the installation to start (returned by the install command)
--test-run-id	Yes	Test run ID to associate with this start event
--runtime-jdk	No	Major JDK version to use (e.g., 21)
--telemetry	No	Comma-separated telemetry device names to activate
--telemetry-params	No	Comma-separated key:value parameters for telemetry devices

Example

# Install and capture the installation ID
solr-orbit install --distribution-version 9.10.1

# Start the installed node (use the ID printed by install)
solr-orbit start \
  --installation-id <installation-id> \
  --test-run-id my-run-001

# Run the benchmark against the manually started node
solr-orbit run \
  --pipeline benchmark-only \
  --target-hosts localhost:38983 \
  --workload nyc_taxis \
  --test-run-id my-run-001

# Stop when done
solr-orbit stop --installation-id <installation-id>

See also

• install
• stop