Fixes to SearXNG tutorial

Fixes to SearXNG tutorial
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Silentoplayz 2024-12-22 13:56:34 -05:00
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@ -57,23 +57,23 @@ SEARXNG_HOSTNAME=example.locale
3. Remove the `localhost` restriction and define a less used port by modifying the `docker-compose.yaml` file:
```bash
sed -i "s/127.0.0.1:8080/1337/" docker-compose.yaml
sed -i "s/127.0.0.1:8080/0.0.0.0:1337/" searxng-docker/docker-compose.yaml
```
4. Allow the container to create new config files:
4. Allow the container to create new config files by running the following command in the root directory:
```bash
sudo chmod a+rwx searxng-docker/
sudo chmod a+rwx searxng-docker/searxng
```
5. Create a non-restrictive `searxng-docker/limiter.toml` config file:
1. Create a non-restrictive `searxng-docker/searxng/limiter.toml` config file:
<details>
<summary>searxng-docker/limiter.toml</summary>
<summary>searxng-docker/searxng/limiter.toml</summary>
```bash
cat > searxng-docker/limiter.toml << EOF
cat > searxng-docker/searxng/limiter.toml << EOF
# This configuration file updates the default configuration file See https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/botdetection/limiter.toml
[botdetection.ip_limit]
@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ EOF
</details>
6. Delete the default `searxng-docker/settings.yml` file, it will be regenerated on first launch:
6. Delete the default `searxng-docker/searxng/settings.yml` file if it exists, as it will be regenerated on the first launch of SearXNG:
```bash
rm searxng-docker/settings.yml
rm searxng-docker/searxng/settings.yml
```
7. Bring up the container momentarily to generate a fresh settings.yml file:
@ -100,20 +100,32 @@ rm searxng-docker/settings.yml
docker compose up searxng-docker -d ; sleep 10 ; docker compose down searxng-docker
```
8. Add HTML and JSON formats to the `searxng-docker/settings.yml` file:
8. Add HTML and JSON formats to the `searxng-docker/searxng/settings.yml` file:
```bash
sed -i 's/formats: \[\"html\"\/]/formats: [\"html\", \"json\"]/' searxng-docker/settings.yml
sed -i 's/formats: \[\"html\"\/]/formats: [\"html\", \"json\"]/' searxng-docker/searxng/settings.yml
```
9. Update the port number in the `server` section to match the one you set earlier (in this case, `1337`):
```bash
sed -i 's/port: 8080/port: 1337/' searxng-docker/searxng/settings.yml
```
Change the `bind_address` as desired:
```bash
sed -i 's/bind_address: "0.0.0.0"/bind_address: "127.0.0.1"/' searxng-docker/searxng/settings.yml
```
#### Configuration Files
#### searxng/settings.yml (Extract)
#### searxng-docker/searxng/settings.yml (Extract)
The default `settings.yml` file contains many engine settings. Below is an extract of what the default `settings.yml` file might look like:
<details>
<summary>searxng-docker/settings.yml</summary>
<summary>searxng-docker/searxng/settings.yml</summary>
```yaml
# see https://docs.searxng.org/admin/settings/settings.html#settings-use-default-settings
@ -149,10 +161,10 @@ The port in the settings.yml file for SearXNG should match that of the port numb
</details>
8. Your `searxng-docker/uwsgi.ini` file for SearXNG should look like:
10. Your `searxng-docker/searxng/uwsgi.ini` file for SearXNG should look like:
<details>
<summary>searxng-docker/uwsgi.ini</summary>
<summary>searxng-docker/searxng/uwsgi.ini</summary>
```ini
[uwsgi]
@ -209,7 +221,7 @@ offload-threads = 4
</details>
Now, copy the modified `searxng-docker` folder to the same directory as your compose files.
Now, copy the modified `searxng` folder to the same directory as your compose file.
Alternatively, if you don't want to modify the default configuration, you can simply create an empty `searxng-docker` folder and follow the rest of the setup instructions.