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I have data within a Teamsite application which we will be indexing within either Apache Solr or Elastic Search (have not decided yet). I plan on creating search pages within Drupal 7 that will allow the user to search against the external indexed data mentioned above and list the search within a Drupal results page.

Are there any Drupal 7 module that will allow this to done for external data using either Apache Solr or Elastic Search similar to what can be done with Drupal 7 modules that connect to Solr or Elastic Search for Drupal indexed data?

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You need Search API with either of the plugin modules. Search API is a fantastic way to abstract out the engine from the logic. Although I've only use the Solr implementation I've spoken with several developers who have switched to Elastic.

Search API also works with Facet API (which supports the ApacheSolr module too -- the 'competitor' to Search API). https://www.drupal.org/project/facetapi

In Drupal 8 those two modules (Search API and ApacheSolr) have become one.

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    I thought that the search_api_solr and search_api_elasticsearch modules only work if the indexed content is from Drupal and not from an external datastore like Teamsite. Aug 3, 2015 at 1:32
  • Beg your pardon I misread your question. However take a look at the examples here and I'll update my answer. drupal.org/node/1999668 Aug 3, 2015 at 1:37
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I found the Sarnia drupal module appears to handle external data indexed within Apache Solr so that it can be searched within Drupal but I found no such module for Elastic Search.

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