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After installing DAM For Sitecore, Solr has to be configured to accommodate custom DAM For Sitecore indexes: 

• dfs_assets_master_index
• dfs_assets_web_index

This is configured doing the following

1 Create physical cores

To create the physical Solr cores, do the following:

1. open file explorer on the server on which Solr is installed
2. navigate to path <solr install dir>\solr-6.6.1-0\apache-solr\server\solr\configsets
3. copy folder basic_configs into folder <solr install dir>\solr-6.6.1-0\apache-solr\server\solr
4. rename to dfs_assets_master_index
5. Repeat 1-4 for dfs_assets_web_index

2 Create cores in Solr UI

To create the cores in Solr UI, do the following:

1. Open solr UI (e.g. https://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/)
2. Go to Core Admin
3. Add both cores (See screenshot below)

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3 Populate cores

To populate Solr cores, do the following:

1. Log into Sitecore
2. Navigate to control panel
3. Click Populate Solr Managed Schema
4. Select both dfs indexes and press populate

4 Add DAM For Sitecore specific dynamic fields

To add DAM For Sitecore specifc dynamic fields, do the following:

1. Open solr UI (e.g. https://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/)
2. Select cores from core selector
3. Under schema, add a new dynamic field with name as "*_lc" and field type lowercase
4. Do this for both indexes

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5 Check unqiueKey in managed schema

Sitecore 9.0.0 populates the managed schema with a wrong uniqueKey, so please double check that the <uniqueKey> tag does indeed contain the correct uniqueKey (it should be _uniqueid).

Locate the managed-schema file under the 2 cores dfs_assets_master_index and dfs_assets_web_index you created in section 1. Check the tag <uniqueKey> the value should be _uniqueid.

Then restart the solr service.

See Sitecore documentation for for further information.

6 Add excluded fields

Open \App_Config\Include\damforsitecore\DFS.Assets.Solr.IndexConfiguration.config and locate the section <exclude hint="list:AddExcludedField">. Add these field to the section. Do not delete the existing fields.

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Choose the search provider that is relevant for you Sitecore installation:

• DFS 9.1.0 - Azure search
• DFS 9.1.0 - Solr