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.