diff --git a/solr/bin/create-collection.sh b/solr/bin/create-collection.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SOLR_URL=${SOLR_URL-'http://localhost:8983/solr'}
+SOLR_COLLECTION=${SOLR_COLLECTION-'sapl'}
+
+curl -X POST "$SOLR_URL/admin/collections?action=CREATE&name=$SOLR_COLLECTION&numShards=1&replicationFactor=1&collection.configName=sapl_configset"
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