One of the many benefits of the Tag1 D7ES service is that we notify you of any updates and provide security patches for all contrib and core modules you use - including free compatibility updates for Apache Solr! Apache Solr is a widely-used, open-source search platform that provides indexing, faceted search, and other features above and beyond plain-text string matching. Only version 9.x is currently supported by the community, with previous versions declared end-of-life (EOL) and no longer receiving security support. Two Solr integration modules for Drupal 7 (D7) saw wide usage, Apache Solr Search and Search API Solr. As of Drupal 7 EOL, these modules only supported Solr through version 7.x, meaning the D7 sites that wanted to continue using Solr were forced to use these older, unsupported versions. Hosting providers for D7 sites also needed to maintain outdated infrastructure for their customers. ## Tag1 D7ES updates Solr support Tag1 recently released updates to the Apache Solr Search and Search API Solr modules for all Tag1 D7ES customers, with support for Apache Solr versions 8.x and 9.x. This allows D7 sites to utilize Solr’s major improvements, including * Improved security * Improved stability * Improved scalability * Improved logging...
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