searxngRebrandZaclys/docs/build-templates/searx.rst

Ubuntu / debian

$ sudo -H apt-get install -y \\

${debian}

Arch Linux

$ sudo -H pacman -S --noconfirm \\

${arch}

Fedora / RHEL

$ sudo -H dnf install -y \\

${fedora}

Ubuntu / debian

$ sudo -H apt-get install -y \\

${debian_build}

Arch Linux

$ sudo -H pacman -S --noconfirm \\

${arch_build}

Fedora / RHEL

$ sudo -H dnf install -y \\

${fedora_build}

bash

$ sudo -H useradd --shell /bin/bash --system \\
    --home-dir "$SERVICE_HOME" \\
    --comment "Privacy-respecting metasearch engine" $SERVICE_USER

$ sudo -H mkdir "$SERVICE_HOME"
$ sudo -H chown -R "$SERVICE_GROUP:$SERVICE_GROUP" "$SERVICE_HOME"

bash

$ sudo -H -u ${SERVICE_USER} -i
(${SERVICE_USER})$ git clone "https://github.com/asciimoo/searx.git" "$SEARX_SRC"

bash

(${SERVICE_USER})$ python3 -m venv "${SEARX_PYENV}"
(${SERVICE_USER})$ echo ". ${SEARX_PYENV}/bin/activate" >>  "$SERVICE_HOME/.profile"

bash

$ sudo -H -u ${SERVICE_USER} -i

(${SERVICE_USER})$ command -v python && python --version
$SEARX_PYENV/bin/python
Python 3.8.1

(${SERVICE_USER})$ cd "$SEARX_SRC"
(${SERVICE_USER})$ ./manage.sh update_packages

bash

$ sudo -H cp "$SEARX_SRC/searx/settings.yml" "${SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH}"
$ sudo -H sed -i -e "s/ultrasecretkey/\\$(openssl rand -hex 16)/g" "$SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH"
$ sudo -H sed -i -e "s/{instance_name}/searx@\\$(uname -n)/g" "$SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH"

bash

# enable debug ..
$ sudo -H sed -i -e "s/debug : False/debug : True/g" "$SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH"

# start webapp
$ sudo -H -u ${SERVICE_USER} -i
(${SERVICE_USER})$ cd ${SEARX_SRC}
(${SERVICE_USER})$ export SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH="${SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH}"
(${SERVICE_USER})$ python searx/webapp.py

# disable debug
$ sudo -H sed -i -e "s/debug : True/debug : False/g" "$SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH"

Open WEB browser and visit http://$SEARX_INTERNAL_URL . If you are inside a container or in a script, test with curl:

WEB browser

$ xgd-open http://$SEARX_INTERNAL_URL

curl

$ curl --location --verbose --head --insecure $SEARX_INTERNAL_URL

*   Trying 127.0.0.1:8888...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8888 (#0)
> HEAD / HTTP/1.1
> Host: 127.0.0.1:8888
> User-Agent: curl/7.68.0
> Accept: */*
>
* Mark bundle as not supporting multiuse
* HTTP 1.0, assume close after body
< HTTP/1.0 200 OK
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
...