Converting Instance Directories to Configs Cloudera Search supports converting existing deployments that use instance directories to use configs: Create a temporary config based on the existing instance directory. For example, if the instance directory name is weblogs_config: solrctl config --create weblogs_config_temp weblogs_config \ -p immutable=false Delete the existing instance directory. For example: solrctl instancedir --delete weblogs_config Create a config using the same name as the instance directory you just deleted, based on the temporary config you created earlier. solrctl config --create weblogs_config weblogs_config_temp \ -p immutable=false Delete the temporary config: solrctl config --delete weblogs_config_temp Reload the affected collection (weblogs in this example): solrctl collection --reload weblogs Parent topic: Example solrctl Usage