---
title: "Create SOLR SXA cores"
slug: "create-solr-sxa-cores"
abstract: "Instructions on how to create SOLR SXA core for your SXA installation."
---
# Create SOLR SXA cores

After installing SOLR and connecting it to your Sitecore instance, you may notice that a number of default Sitecore platform cores have been added. In SOLR, a core is an instance of a Lucene index that contains the configurations for that index. Because each index should have its own core, you must create a core for each custom index you want to create for SXA.

To create your SOLR SXA core:

1. Duplicate the core directory created for `sitecore_master_index` (or `company_name_master_index`) twice and rename to:
    - sitecore_sxa_master_index.
    - sitecore_sxa_web_index.
2. In those two folders, remove everything except the `conf` directory.
3. On the Solr web interface, click **Core Admin**, and click **Add Core** to add s`itecore_sxa_master_index`. Do the same for `sitecore_sxa_web_index`.

    > [!note]
    > Make sure that the names of the Solr cores you created match the settings for `sitecore_sxa_master_index` and `sitecore_sxa_web_index` in `Sitecore.XA.Foundation.Search.Solr.config`.

4. In Sitecore, log in to the **Launchpad**, and open the **Control Panel**.
5. In the **Indexing** section, click **Populate Solr Managed Schema**.
6. In the **Schema Populate** dialog, select `sitecore_sxa_master_index` and `sitecore_sxa_web_index`, and click **Populate**.
7. In the **Indexing** section, click **Indexing Manager**.
8. In the **Indexing Manager** dialog box, select `sitecore_sxa_master_index` and `sitecore_sxa_web_index`, and click **Rebuild**.