diff --git a/solr/cloud-dev/control.sh b/solr/cloud-dev/control.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source ./functions.sh
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+        start $2 $3
+        ;;
+  stop)
+        stop $2
+        ;;
+  kill)
+        do_kill $2
+        ;;
+  reinstall)
+        reinstall $2
+        ;;
+  rebuild)
+        rebuild $2
+        ;;
+  status)
+        status $2
+        ;;
+  cleanlogs)
+		cleanlogs $2
+		;;
+  taillogs)
+		taillogs $2
+		;;
+  createshard)
+		createshard $2 $3 $4 $5
+		;;
+  *)
+        echo $"Usage: $0 { rebuild| reinstall <instanceid>| start <instanceid> [numshards]| stop <instanceid>|kill <instanceid>| status<instanceid>| cleanlogs<instanceid>| createshard <instance> <collection> <coreName> [shardId]}"
+        exit 1
+esac
+exit 0
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diff --git a/solr/cloud-dev/functions.sh b/solr/cloud-dev/functions.sh
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+JAVA_OPTS="-server -Xms256M -Xmx256M"
+BASE_PORT=7570
+BASE_STOP_PORT=6570
+ZK_PORT="9983"
+
+rebuild() {
+	echo "Rebuilding"
+	cd ..
+	rm -r -f dist
+	rm -r -f build
+	rm -r -f example/solr/zoo_data
+	rm -f example/example.log
+	ant example dist
+}
+
+setports() {
+	if [ "1" = "$1" ]; then
+		PORT="8983"
+	        STOP_PORT="7983"
+	else
+ 		PORT="$(( $BASE_PORT + $1 ))"
+	        STOP_PORT="$(( $BASE_STOP_PORT + $1 ))"
+	fi
+}
+
+reinstall() {
+	echo "Reinstalling instance $1"
+	cd ..
+	rm -rf  example$1
+	cp -r -f example example$1
+}
+
+start() {
+	OPT="-DzkHost=localhost:$ZK_PORT -DzkRun"
+	NUMSHARDS=$2
+
+	echo "Starting instance $1"
+	if [ "1" = "$1" ]; then
+		if [ "" = "$NUMSHARDS" ]; then 
+			NUMSHARDS="1"
+		fi
+        	echo "Instance is running zk, numshards=$NUMSHARDS"
+		OPT="-DzkRun -Dbootstrap_confdir=solr/conf -DnumShards=$NUMSHARDS"
+        fi
+	setports $1
+	cd ../example$1
+	java $JAVA_OPTS -Djetty.port=$PORT $OPT -DSTOP.PORT=$STOP_PORT -DSTOP.KEY=key -jar start.jar 1>example$1.log 2>&1 &
+}
+
+stop() {
+	echo "Stopping instance $1"
+	setports $1
+	cd ../example$1
+	java -DSTOP.PORT=$STOP_PORT -DSTOP.KEY=key -jar start.jar --stop
+}
+
+do_kill() {
+	echo "Killing instance $1"
+	setports $1
+	PID=`ps aux|grep "STOP.PORT=$STOP_PORT"|grep -v grep|cut -b 8-15`
+	if [ "" = "$PID" ]; then
+		echo "not running?"
+	else
+		kill -9 $PID
+	fi
+}
+
+status() {
+	echo "Status:"
+	ps aux|grep "STOP.PORT"|grep -v grep
+}
+
+cleanlogs() {
+    cd ../example$1
+	mv example$1.log example$1.oldlog
+}
+
+taillogs() {
+	cd ../example$1
+	tail -f example$1.log
+}
+
+createshard() {
+	setports $1
+	echo "Creating new shard @instance $1, collection=$2, shard=$3, name=$4"
+	curl "http://127.0.0.1:$PORT/solr/admin/cores?action=CREATE&collection=$2&name=$3&shard=$4"
+}