{"id":264,"date":"2023-04-29T23:23:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T21:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilbert.busana.lu\/?p=264"},"modified":"2023-04-29T23:45:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T21:45:25","slug":"installing-searxng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"Installing SearXNG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you want to use a meta-search engine that does not track you, SearXNG<\/a> is an excellent possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To install SearXNG on Ubuntu, I chose to go the docker way described in the official instructions<\/a>. Unfortunately, I run into some issues, thus deciding to setting up this extended tutorial. I assume you have docker and docker-compose installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Get searxng-docker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
cd \/usr\/local\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/searxng\/searxng-docker.git\ncd searxng-docker<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Step 2: Set hostname<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Edit the .env file living in the root foled. Be aware that it is hidden. to see the file, you need to use ls -la. Edit the file with: nano .env<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
# By default listen on https:\/\/localhost\n# To change this:\n# * uncomment SEARXNG_HOSTNAME, and replace <host> by the SearXNG hostname\n# * uncomment LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL, and replace <email> by your email (require to create a Let's Encrypt certificate)\n\nSEARXNG_HOSTNAME=searxng.mysite.com\nLETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=myaddress@mysite.com<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Step 3: Generate your secret key. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
sed -i "s|ultrasecretkey|$(openssl rand -hex 32)|g" searxng\/settings.yml<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
You can see your new key in searxng\/settings.yml<\/em> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 4: Adjust IP & port<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
To change the IP address and port, you need to edit the docker-compose yaml file.
nano docker-compose.yml<\/em>.
Find the searxng<\/em> chapter and change the 127.0.0.1:8080\/8080<\/em> to whatever you prefer. Leaving the standard values (with no port collisions) left me without the ability to access the searXNG engine. So I replaced 127.0.0.1 by 0.0.0.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
  searxng:\n    container_name: searxng\n    image: searxng\/searxng:latest\n    networks:\n      - searxng\n    ports:\n     - "0.0.0.0:8888:8080"<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Step 5: Bring searXNG up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Check that everything is working<\/p>\n\n\n\n
docker-compose up<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Start the daemon in the background with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
docker-compose up -d<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
If you want your searXNG engine to start on boot you need to start it with systemd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cp searxng-docker.service.template searxng-docker.service\nsystemctl enable $(pwd)\/searxng-docker.service\nsystemctl start searxng-docker.service<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Run through reverse proxy (optional)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
To avoid using a port number in the URL, I have my NGINX reverse proxy forwarding all requests to the docker image. As I then ran into the “too many requests” error, I had to set the limiter<\/em> to false<\/em> in the searxng\/settings-yml<\/em> file . If you want to run your instance outside your intranet, you should definitely protect your searXNG instance with an authentication method to avoid having your server flooded with un uncontrollable amount of requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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searXNG accessed through reverse proxy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
To see what containers are running<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
docker container list<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
It should list your searXNG container:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                     COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                    NAMES\nYOUR_ID        searxng\/searxng:latest    "\/sbin\/tini -- \/usr\/\u2026"   43 minutes ago      Up 43 minutes       0.0.0.0:8888->8080\/tcp   searxng     <\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Consulting log files<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
To display the logs of all your running containers, use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
docker-compose logs -f<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
If you want to only display the logs of one of the specific containers used for searXNG, use one of the following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
docker-compose logs -f caddy\ndocker-compose logs -f searxng\ndocker-compose logs -f redis<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Updating searXNG<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
To update your searXNG instance, do the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
docker-compose pull\ndocker-compose down\ndocker-compose up<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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