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diff --git a/docs/admin/engines/private-engines.rst b/docs/admin/engines/private-engines.rst deleted file mode 100644 index cc6ab2565..000000000 --- a/docs/admin/engines/private-engines.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -.. _private engines: - -============================ -Private Engines (``tokens``) -============================ - -Administrators might find themselves wanting to limit access to some of the -enabled engines on their instances. It might be because they do not want to -expose some private information through :ref:`offline engines`. Or they would -rather share engines only with their trusted friends or colleagues. - -To solve this issue the concept of *private engines* exists. - - -A new option was added to engines named `tokens`. It expects a list of -strings. If the user making a request presents one of the tokens of an engine, -they can access information about the engine and make search requests. - -Example configuration to restrict access to the Arch Linux Wiki engine: - -.. code:: yaml - - - name: arch linux wiki - engine: archlinux - shortcut: al - tokens: [ 'my-secret-token' ] - - -Unless a user has configured the right token, the engine is going -to be hidden from him/her. It is not going to be included in the -list of engines on the Preferences page and in the output of -`/config` REST API call. - -Tokens can be added to one's configuration on the Preferences page -under "Engine tokens". The input expects a comma separated list of -strings. - -The distribution of the tokens from the administrator to the users -is not carved in stone. As providing access to such engines -implies that the admin knows and trusts the user, we do not see -necessary to come up with a strict process. Instead, -we would like to add guidelines to the documentation of the feature. - - -Acknowledgment -============== - -This development was sponsored by `Search and Discovery Fund -<https://nlnet.nl/discovery>`_ of `NLnet Foundation <https://nlnet.nl/>`_. |