SearXNG #
Self-host using: searxng/searxng-docker: The docker-compose files for setting up a SearXNG instance with docker.
Docker setup #
Tree:
# tree --dirsfirst -L 2 .
.
├── searxng
│ ├── limiter.toml
│ └── settings.yml
├── docker-compose.yml
└── searxng-docker.service.templateDocker compose file:
docker-compose.yml yamlservices:
redis:
container_name: redis
image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8-alpine
command: valkey-server --save 30 1 --loglevel warning
restart: unless-stopped
networks:
- searxng
volumes:
- valkey-data2:/data
logging:
driver: "json-file"
options:
max-size: "1m"
max-file: "1"
searxng:
container_name: searxng
image: docker.io/searxng/searxng:latest
restart: unless-stopped
networks:
- searxng
ports:
- 5502:8080
volumes:
- ./searxng:/etc/searxng:rw
- searxng-data:/var/cache/searxng:rw
environment:
- SEARXNG_BASE_URL=https://${SEARXNG_HOSTNAME:-localhost}/
logging:
driver: "json-file"
options:
max-size: "1m"
max-file: "1"
networks:
searxng:
volumes:
valkey-data2:
searxng-data:Docker service template:
searxng-docker.service.template sh[Unit]
Description=SearXNG service
Requires=docker.service
After=docker.service
[Service]
Restart=on-failure
Environment=SEARXNG_DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE=docker-compose.yaml
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/searxng-docker
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/docker compose -f ${SEARXNG_DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE} up --remove-orphans
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/docker compose -f ${SEARXNG_DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE} down
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.targetSettings:
./searxng/settings.yml yaml# see https://docs.searxng.org/admin/settings/settings.html#settings-use-default-settings
use_default_settings: true
server:
# base_url is defined in the SEARXNG_BASE_URL environment variable, see .env and docker-compose.yml
base_url: "https://search.your.domain"
secret_key: "123456" # change this!
limiter: true # enable this when running the instance for a public usage on the internet
image_proxy: true
redis:
url: redis://redis:6379/0
search:
safe_search: 0
autocomplete: ""
default_lang: ""
formats:
- html
- jsonLimiter:
./searxng/limiter.toml toml# See https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/limiter.toml
[botdetection]
# The prefix defines the number of leading bits in an address that are compared
# to determine whether or not an address is part of a (client) network.
ipv4_prefix = 32
ipv6_prefix = 48
# If the request IP is in trusted_proxies list, the client IP address is
# extracted from the X-Forwarded-For and X-Real-IP headers. This should be
# used if SearXNG is behind a reverse proxy or load balancer.
trusted_proxies = [
'127.0.0.0/8',
'::1',
# '192.168.0.0/16',
# '172.16.0.0/12',
# '10.0.0.0/8',
# 'fd00::/8',
]
[botdetection.ip_limit]
# To get unlimited access in a local network, by default link-local addresses
# (networks) are not monitored by the ip_limit
filter_link_local = false
# activate link_token method in the ip_limit method
link_token = false
[botdetection.ip_lists]
# In the limiter, the ip_lists method has priority over all other methods -> if
# an IP is in the pass_ip list, it has unrestricted access and it is also not
# checked if e.g. the "user agent" suggests a bot (e.g. curl).
block_ip = [
# '93.184.216.34', # IPv4 of example.org
# '257.1.1.1', # invalid IP --> will be ignored, logged in ERROR class
]
pass_ip = [
# '192.168.0.0/16', # IPv4 private network
# 'fe80::/10' # IPv6 linklocal / wins over botdetection.ip_limit.filter_link_local
]
# Activate passlist of (hardcoded) IPs from the SearXNG organization,
# e.g. `check.searx.space`.
pass_searxng_org = truenginx setup #
/etc/nginx/sites-available/searxng.conf shserver {
server_name searxng.your.domain;
listen 443 ssl;
ssl_certificate /ADMIN/https-certs/all.your.domain.public.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /ADMIN/https-certs/all.your.domain.private.key;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:5502/;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $server_port;
proxy_connect_timeout 60s;
proxy_send_timeout 60s;
proxy_read_timeout 60s;
proxy_buffering on;
proxy_buffer_size 4k;
proxy_buffers 8 4k;
proxy_busy_buffers_size 8k;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
}
}Usage:
sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/searxng.conf
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/searxng.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/searxng.conf