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diff --git a/docs/blog/admin.rst b/docs/blog/admin.rst index 18d5ed33b..e95316192 100644 --- a/docs/blog/admin.rst +++ b/docs/blog/admin.rst @@ -1,42 +1,43 @@ -Searx admin interface: manage your instance from your browser +============================================================= +Searx admin interface ============================================================= -One of the biggest advantages of searx is being extremely customizable. But at first it can be daunting to newcomers. -A barrier of taking advantage of this feature is our ugly settings file which is sometimes hard to understand and edit. +.. _searx-admin: https://github.com/kvch/searx-admin#searx-admin +.. _NLnet Foundation: https://nlnet.nl/ -To make self-hosting searx more accessible a new tool is introduced, called ``searx-admin``. -It is a web application which is capable of managing your instance and manipulating its settings via a web UI. -It aims to replace editing of ``settings.yml`` for less experienced administrators or people -who prefer graphical admin interfaces. + manage your instance from your browser -.. figure:: searx-admin-engines.png - :scale: 50 % - :alt: Screenshot of engine list - :align: center - :figclass: align-center - - Configuration page of engines +.. sidebar:: Installation + Installation guide can be found in the repository of searx-admin_. -Since ``searx-admin`` acts as a supervisor for searx, we have decided to implement it -as a standalone tool instead of part of searx. Another reason for making it a standalone -tool is that the codebase and dependencies of searx should not grow because of a fully optional feature, -which does not affect existing instances. +One of the biggest advantages of searx is being extremely customizable. But at +first it can be daunting to newcomers. A barrier of taking advantage of this +feature is our ugly settings file which is sometimes hard to understand and +edit. +To make self-hosting searx more accessible a new tool is introduced, called +``searx-admin``. It is a web application which is capable of managing your +instance and manipulating its settings via a web UI. It aims to replace editing +of ``settings.yml`` for less experienced administrators or people who prefer +graphical admin interfaces. -Installation ------------- +.. figure:: searx-admin-engines.png + :alt: Screenshot of engine list -Installation guide can be found in the repository of searx-admin: -https://github.com/kvch/searx-admin#installation--usage + Configuration page of engines -Acknowledgements ----------------- +Since ``searx-admin`` acts as a supervisor for searx, we have decided to +implement it as a standalone tool instead of part of searx. Another reason for +making it a standalone tool is that the codebase and dependencies of searx +should not grow because of a fully optional feature, which does not affect +existing instances. -This development was sponsored by `NLnet Foundation`_. -.. _NLnet Foundation: https://nlnet.nl/ +Acknowledgements +================ +This development was sponsored by `NLnet Foundation`_. | Happy hacking. | kvch // 2017.08.22 21:25 |