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-rw-r--r--docs/admin/engines/settings.rst25
-rw-r--r--docs/admin/filtron.rst14
-rw-r--r--docs/conf.py5
-rw-r--r--docs/src/searx.plugins.limiter.rst4
4 files changed, 37 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst b/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
index a55e2575b..2726674d5 100644
--- a/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
@@ -226,6 +226,17 @@ Global Settings
.. _Redis.from_url(url): https://redis-py.readthedocs.io/en/stable/connections.html#redis.client.Redis.from_url
+A redis DB can be connected by an URL, in :py:obj:`searx.shared.redisdb` you
+will find a description to test your redis connection in SerXNG. When using
+sockets, don't forget to check the access rights on the socket::
+
+ ls -la /usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock
+ srwxrwx--- 1 searxng-redis searxng-redis ... /usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock
+
+In this example read/write access is given to the *searxng-redis* group. To get
+access rights to redis instance (the socket), your SearXNG (or even your
+developer) account needs to be added to the *searxng-redis* group.
+
``url``
URL to connect redis database, see `Redis.from_url(url)`_ & :ref:`redis db`::
@@ -235,17 +246,21 @@ Global Settings
.. admonition:: Tip for developers
- To set up a redis instance simply use::
+ To set up a local redis instance using sockets simply use::
$ ./manage redis.build
$ sudo -H ./manage redis.install
-
- To get access rights to this instance, your developer account needs to be
- added to the *searxng-redis* group::
-
$ sudo -H ./manage redis.addgrp "${USER}"
# don't forget to logout & login to get member of group
+ The YAML setting for such a redis instance is:
+
+ .. code:: yaml
+
+ redis:
+ url: unix:///usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock?db=0
+
+
.. _settings outgoing:
``outgoing:``
diff --git a/docs/admin/filtron.rst b/docs/admin/filtron.rst
index f08149ae9..60d7cbeba 100644
--- a/docs/admin/filtron.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/filtron.rst
@@ -5,17 +5,19 @@
How to protect an instance
==========================
+.. tip::
+
+ To protect your instance a installation of filtron (as described here) is no
+ longer needed, alternatively activate the :ref:`limiter plugin` in your
+ ``settings.yml``. Note that the :ref:`limiter plugin` requires a :ref:`Redis
+ <settings redis>` database.
+
+
.. sidebar:: further reading
- :ref:`filtron.sh`
- :ref:`nginx searxng site`
-
-.. contents:: Contents
- :depth: 2
- :local:
- :backlinks: entry
-
.. _filtron: https://github.com/searxng/filtron
SearXNG depends on external search services. To avoid the abuse of these services
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1dd5693ca..5db9e8178 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ extensions = [
'linuxdoc.kfigure', # Sphinx extension which implements scalable image handling.
"sphinx_tabs.tabs", # https://github.com/djungelorm/sphinx-tabs
'myst_parser', # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html
+ 'notfound.extension', # https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx-notfound-page
]
suppress_warnings = ['myst.domains']
@@ -140,6 +141,10 @@ issues_github_path = "searxng/searxng"
# HTML -----------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://searxng.github.io/searxng --> '/searxng/'
+# https://docs.searxng.org --> '/'
+notfound_urls_prefix = '/'
+
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('_themes'))
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../utils/"))
html_theme_path = ['_themes']
diff --git a/docs/src/searx.plugins.limiter.rst b/docs/src/searx.plugins.limiter.rst
index 4984cd37a..75d06f5c2 100644
--- a/docs/src/searx.plugins.limiter.rst
+++ b/docs/src/searx.plugins.limiter.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
Limiter Plugin
==============
+.. sidebar:: info
+
+ The :ref:`limiter plugin` requires a :ref:`Redis <settings redis>` database.
+
.. automodule:: searx.plugins.limiter
:members: