diff --git a/solr/bin/upload-config.sh b/solr/bin/upload-config.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SOLR_URL=${SOLR_URL-'http://localhost:8983/solr'}
+
+# zip configset sapl_configset
+cd ../sapl_configset/conf && zip -r sapl_configset.zip .
+
+curl -X POST --header "Content-Type:application/octet-stream" --data-binary @sapl_configset.zip "$SOLR_URL/admin/configs?action=UPLOAD&name=sapl_configset"
+
+cd -
+rm ../sapl_configset/conf/sapl_configset.zip
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