Starting the Search server Docker container with default configurations

To start the container with default configurations to view files inside the container, use:

docker run -it -e LICENSE=accept search-app

When you start the Search server Docker container using the default configurations, the Search server Docker container  image name is  search-app.

Types of search server configurations

Search server Docker container uses Docker environment variables to identify the type of server (Master/Repeater/Subordinate):

To deploy a Search server as the Search Master, specify -e SOLR_MASTER=true -e SOLR_SLAVE=false
To deploy a Search server as a Search repeater, specify -e SOLR_MASTER=true -e SOLR_SLAVE=true
To deploy a Search server as a Search subordinate, specify -e SOLR_MASTER=false -e SOLR_SLAVE=true

Default host name

When you start the Search server Docker container using the default configurations, the Search server Docker container host name is search.

Mandatory parameters


Parameter name	Description	Configuration
SPIUSER_NAME	Your SPIUSER name. The default value is `spiuser`. Note: From version 9.1.7.0 onward, the SPIUSER_NAME parameter is optional. If it is not specified, then the default value is assumed.	Container environment variable/Vault
SPIUSER_PWD	The encrypted password for the spiuser. For more information, see Setting the spiuser password in your Docker images.	Container environment variable/Vault
ADMIN_SPIUSER_PWD	The ADMIN_SPIUSER_PWD must be the same value as SPIUSER_PWD but kept as plain text.	Container environment variable/Vault
DBHOST	The database hostname.	Container environment variable/Vault
DBNAME	The name of the database.	Container environment variable/Vault
DBUSER	The database user name.	Container environment variable/Vault
DBPASS	The database user password.	Container environment variable/Vault
DBPORT	The database port.	Container environment variable/Vault
DBAUSER	The database administrator.	Container environment variable/Vault
DBAPASSENCRYPT	The database administrator password that is encrypted with the wcs_encrypt.sh utility.	Container environment variable/Vault
DBPASSENCRYPT	The database user password that is encrypted with the wcs_encrypt.sh utility.	Container environment variable/Vault
SESSION_KEY_ENCRYPT	The encrypted session key. Note: This parameter was optional in all releases prior to HCL Commerce 9.1.12.0.	Container environment variable/Vault

Optional parameters


Parameter name	Description
DB_SSLENABLE	Determines whether to enable SSL protocol for connections to the database. Valid values are true or false. The default value is `false`.
DB_XA	Specify if the XA function has been enabled for database. The default value is `false`.
SOLR_MASTER SOLR_SLAVE	SOLR_MASTER and SOLR_SLAVE work together to determine the search node type. To configure the Search server container as: Search-master node: `SOLR_MASTER=true SOLR_SLAVE=false` Search-repeater node: `SOLR_MASTER=true SOLR_SLAVE=true` Search-subordinate node: `SOLR_MASTER=false SOLR_SLAVE=true`
SOLR_MASTER_SERVER_URL	The IP and port of the search node to poll from. Mandatory for the search-repeater/subordinate on the live environment SOLR_SLAVE=true. For the search-repeater node, specify the `search-master-ip:3737` For the search-subordinate node, specify the `search-repeater-ip:3737`
SOLR_REPLICATION_POLLINTERVAL	The replication poll interval.
WORKAREA	The search index path in the Search server Docker container. For example, `/search`
EXPOSE_METRICS	Specify if you want to enable metrics for the HCL Commerce environment.
SESSION_KEY_ENCRYPT	The encrypted session key. Note: This parameter is mandatory in all releases HCL Commerce 9.1.12.0 and greater.

Code example

docker run -it -e LICENSE=accept  \
    -e SPIUSER_NAME=<your spiuser-name> \
    -e SPIUSER_PWD=<your spiuser password that you encrypted with wcs-encrypt.sh>
    -e DBHOST=<db hostname> \
    -e DBNAME=<db instance name> \
    -e DBPASS=<db user password> \
    -e DBPORT=<db port> \
    -e DBUSER=<db user> \
    -e SOLR_MASTER=true \
    <Search Docker image>