Unable to create core: new_core Caused by: Can't find resource

Error :
Error CREATEing SolrCore 'new_core': Unable to create core: new_core Caused by: Can't find resource 'solrconfig.xml' in classpath or '\Bitnami\solr-4.8.0-0\apache-solr\solr\new_core\conf'

Locate log file and check for the error,
Log file location "installation_directory\solr-4.8.0-0\apache-solr\logs\solrjetty-stdout*"
new_core: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException:org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Could not load core configuration for core new_core

Problem:
instanceDir and dataDir not exists on physical drive.

Solution:
instanceDir and dataDir need to exist before you can create the core.


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