pr.patch

diff --git manifests/config.pp manifests/config.pp
index 22447c2..3e0a380 100644
--- manifests/config.pp
+++ manifests/config.pp
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ class solr::config {
     group  => $solr::solr_user,
   }
 
+  # create empty solr log file
+  file { "${::solr::solr_logs}/solr.log":
+    ensure => present,
+    owner  => $solr::solr_user,
+    group  => $solr::solr_user,
+  }
+
+  # for cores to work without this module
+  file { $::solr::solr_core_home:
+    ensure => directory,
+    owner  => $solr::solr_user,
+    group  => $solr::solr_user,
+  }
+
   # After solr v 7.4.0 SOLR now uses log4j2.xml
   if versioncmp($solr::version, '7.4.0') >= 0 {
     # setup log4j2 configuration file.
@@ -65,6 +79,7 @@ class solr::config {
       solr_logs                       => $solr::solr_logs,
       solr_host                       => $solr::solr_host,
       solr_port                       => $solr::solr_port,
+      solr_timezone                   => $solr::solr_timezone,
       logger_config_file              => $logger_config_file,
       solr_environment                => $solr::solr_environment,
       ssl_key_store                   => $solr::ssl_key_store,
diff --git manifests/init.pp manifests/init.pp
index c265a83..1e05263 100644
--- manifests/init.pp
+++ manifests/init.pp
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 # @param solr_port
 #   The network port used by Jetty
 #
+# @param solr_timezone
+#   The timezone used by Jetty
+#
 # @param solr_heap
 #   The heap size used by jetty.
 #
@@ -43,6 +46,9 @@
 #   Sets if this module should manage the install directory.
 #   True if this module should manage and false otherwise.
 #
+# @param install_options
+#   String of options to be passed to install_solr_service.sh script.
+#
 # @param solr_home
 #   The home directory for solr.
 #
@@ -143,10 +149,12 @@ class solr (
   String            $solr_user                       = 'solr',
   String            $solr_host                       = '127.0.0.1',
   String            $solr_port                       = '8983',
+  String            $solr_timezone                   = 'UTC',
   String            $solr_heap                       = '512m',
   String            $solr_downloads                  = '/opt/solr_downloads',
   String            $install_dir                     = '/opt',
   Boolean           $install_dir_mg                  = false,
+  String            $install_options                 = '-n',
   String            $var_dir                         = '/var/solr',
   String            $solr_logs                       = '/var/log/solr',
   String            $solr_home                       = '/opt/solr/server/solr',
diff --git manifests/install.pp manifests/install.pp
index 3cb5c2e..4fc874f 100644
--- manifests/install.pp
+++ manifests/install.pp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class solr::install {
   exec {'install_solr_service.sh':
     command     => "${solr::solr_downloads}/install_solr_service.sh\
   \"${tarball}\" -f -i \"${solr::install_dir}\" -d \"${solr::var_dir}\"\
- -u ${solr::solr_user} -p ${solr::solr_port}",
+ -u ${solr::solr_user} -p ${solr::solr_port} ${solr::install_options}",
     refreshonly => true,
     subscribe   => Exec['extract install script'],
     require     =>  User[$solr::solr_user]
diff --git templates/solr.in.sh.epp templates/solr.in.sh.epp
index c6e15ed..a033957 100644
--- templates/solr.in.sh.epp
+++ templates/solr.in.sh.epp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   String            $solr_logs,
   String            $solr_host,
   String            $solr_port,
+  String            $solr_timezone,
   String            $logger_config_file,
   Optional[Array]   $solr_environment                = undef,
   Optional[String]  $ssl_key_store                   = undef,
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ SOLR_HOST="<%= $solr_host -%>"
 
 # By default the start script uses UTC; override the timezone if needed
 #SOLR_TIMEZONE="UTC"
+SOLR_TIMEZONE="<%= $solr_timezone -%>"
 
 # Set to true to activate the JMX RMI connector to allow remote JMX client applications
 # to monitor the JVM hosting Solr; set to "false" to disable that behavior