deploy.rb

after 'deploy:update_code', 'solr:symlink'
after 'deploy:restart', 'solr:restart'
namespace :solr do
  task :symlink do
    run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/solr #{release_path}/solr"
  end
  task :reindex, :roles => :app do
    run "cd #{current_path} && rake sunspot:solr:reindex RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env}"
  end
  task :start, :roles => :app do
    run "cd #{current_path} && rake sunspot:solr:start RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env}"
  end
  task :stop, :roles => :app do
    run "cd #{current_path} && rake sunspot:solr:stop RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env}"
  end
  task :restart, :roles => :app do
    stop
    start
  end
end

env.rb

$original_sunspot_session = Sunspot.session
 
Before("~@search") do
  FakeWeb.allow_net_connect = false
  Sunspot.session = Sunspot::Rails::StubSessionProxy.new($original_sunspot_session)
end
 
Before("@search") do
  unless $sunspot
    $sunspot = Sunspot::Rails::Server.new
    pid = fork do
      STDERR.reopen('/dev/null')
      STDOUT.reopen('/dev/null')
      $sunspot.run
    end
    # shut down the Solr server
    at_exit { Process.kill('TERM', pid) }
    # wait for solr to start
    sleep 5
  end
  FakeWeb.allow_net_connect = true
  Sunspot.session = $original_sunspot_session
  Provider.remove_all_from_index!
end

spec_helper.rb

 config.before do
    Sunspot.session = Sunspot::Rails::StubSessionProxy.new(Sunspot.session)
  end