Define Solr Core in settings.local.php

 1$config['search_api.server.solr_events']['backend_config']['connector_config']['host'] = '68.193.132.102';
 2$config['search_api.server.solr_events']['backend_config']['connector_config']['port'] = '8983';
 3$config['search_api.server.solr_events']['backend_config']['connector_config']['core'] = 'upd_event';
 4$config['search_api.server.solr_news']['backend_config']['connector_config']['host'] = '68.193.132.102';
 5$config['search_api.server.solr_news']['backend_config']['connector_config']['port'] = '8983';
 6$config['search_api.server.solr_news']['backend_config']['connector_config']['core'] = 'upd_news';
 7$config['search_api.server.solr_search_site']['backend_config']['connector_config']['host'] = '68.193.132.102';
 8$config['search_api.server.solr_search_site']['backend_config']['connector_config']['port'] = '8983';
 9$config['search_api.server.solr_search_site']['backend_config']['connector_config']['core'] = 'upd_library';
10$config['search_api.server.solr_publications']['backend_config']['connector_config']['host'] = '68.193.132.102';
11$config['search_api.server.solr_publications']['backend_config']['connector_config']['port'] = '8983';
12$config['search_api.server.solr_publications']['backend_config']['connector_config']['core'] = 'upd_publication';

As seen above, there's some config that hooks up drupal's host/port to solr core.