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| author | Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarIT.de> | 2020-06-19 04:51:48 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-06-19 04:51:48 +0000 |
| commit | 4eab5cf854cdadea07f34d22a801c05e73730c5c (patch) | |
| tree | 980b13e958ee73fba1ef8e559deba8680c26085f /docs/admin/installation-searx.rst | |
| parent | 223430ff30549631be17ea36ff6d1f119c6af64e (diff) | |
| parent | c83007a6bcd2a7f765e7655b91cc6714fbc4ab01 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/docs/admin/installation-searx.rst b/docs/admin/installation-searx.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f1d486021 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/admin/installation-searx.rst @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +.. _installation basic: + +========================= +Step by step installation +========================= + +.. contents:: Contents + :depth: 2 + :local: + :backlinks: entry + +Step by step installation with virtualenv. For Ubuntu, be sure to have enable +universe repository. + +.. _install packages: + +Install packages +================ + +.. kernel-include:: $DOCS_BUILD/includes/searx.rst + :start-after: START distro-packages + :end-before: END distro-packages + +.. hint:: + + This installs also the packages needed by :ref:`searx uwsgi` + +.. _create searx user: + +Create user +=========== + +.. kernel-include:: $DOCS_BUILD/includes/searx.rst + :start-after: START create user + :end-before: END create user + +.. _searx-src: + +install searx & dependencies +============================ + +Start a interactive shell from new created user and clone searx: + +.. kernel-include:: $DOCS_BUILD/includes/searx.rst + :start-after: START clone searx + :end-before: END clone searx + +In the same shell create *virtualenv*: + +.. kernel-include:: $DOCS_BUILD/includes/searx.rst + :start-after: START create virtualenv + :end-before: END create virtualenv + +To install searx's dependencies, exit the searx *bash* session you opened above +and restart a new. Before install, first check if your *virualenv* was sourced +from the login (*~/.profile*): + +.. kernel-include:: $DOCS_BUILD/includes/searx.rst + :start-after: START manage.sh update_packages + :end-before: END manage.sh update_packages + +.. tip:: + + Open a second terminal for the configuration tasks and left the ``(searx)$`` + terminal open for the tasks below. + +Configuration +============== + +Create a copy of the :origin:`searx/settings.yml` configuration file in system's +*/etc* folder. Configure like shown below -- replace ``searx@\$(uname -n)`` with +a name of your choice -- *and/or* edit ``/etc/searx/settings.yml`` if necessary. + +.. kernel-include:: $DOCS_BUILD/includes/searx.rst + :start-after: START searx config + :end-before: END searx config + +Check +===== + +To check your searx setup, optional enable debugging and start the *webapp*. +Searx looks at the exported environment ``$SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH`` for a +configuration file. + +.. kernel-include:: $DOCS_BUILD/includes/searx.rst + :start-after: START check searx installation + :end-before: END check searx installation + +If everything works fine, hit ``[CTRL-C]`` to stop the *webapp* and disable the +debug option in ``settings.yml``. You can now exit searx user bash (enter exit +command twice). At this point searx is not demonized; uwsgi allows this. + |