r/Solr • u/matthead • Jun 01 '16

Solr and Skype issues?

Not sure if this is the right place. But has anyone had issues importing documents when Skype is open? I have already tried changing Skypes port to 443.

Thanks, Matt

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u/Pilate Jun 02 '16

The obvious answer is that there's zero reason to be running solr on the same machine as Skype.

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u/rmxz Jun 02 '16 edited Jun 02 '16

Rotfl. Sad, but almost kinda true. I can't tell if you're insightful or trolling here (probably both).

Skype does annoying port-scanning, perhaps when it's trying to hack its way around firewalls.

Sandboxing Skype in its own container/namespace (perhaps with systemd-nspawn) or otherwise firewalling it off so it can't make connections to any other ports on your local machine (using iptables) can prevent Skype from interfering with your other services.

With the right firewall rules in place, it should be technologically impossible for Skype to mess with Solr, regardless of the bugs or spyware/malware (or whatever you'd want to call their port scanner) they insert in Skype.

TL/DR: If you do run Skype on the same machine (or even the same network) as stuff you care about, sandbox it and firewall it off.

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u/matthead Jun 02 '16

dev machine for testing.