After you install IBM SmartCloud® Analytics - Log Analysis, you must complete the required postinstallation tasks.
After you complete the postinstallation configuration, you can scale your installation. For more information, see Configuring scalable data streaming from multiple, remote sources.
If you want to install Apache Solr on remote servers, you can create them after IBM SmartCloud Analytics - Log Analysis is installed. For more information, see Installing Apache Solr on remote machines.
If you do not install a local instance of Apache Solr, you must install Apache Solr on one of the remotely connected servers. If you do not install at least one instance of Apache Solr either locally or on a remote server, the search and indexing feature do not work.