PRIVATE search engine » SearXNG

h1. Build your own PRIVATE search engine - Using SearXNG

Setup a server running Ubuntu 20.04 or Debian 11

We was using Debian 11 in a Container hosted in Proxmox

Login as root and update.

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apt install && sudo apt upgrade -y

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Install Docker

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curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh

sudo sh get-docker.sh

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Install docker-compose

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apt install docker-compose -y

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Now we can move to the directory where we want to install Searx and using git

NOTE: if you don’t have git installed install it – apt install git

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cd /usr/local

git clone https://github.com/searxng/searxng-docker.git

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Verify that it copied correctly in to your current directory

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ls

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!https://lightningcr.com/attachments/download/6/Docker-searxng.webp!

Now change in to the new directory

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cd searxng-docker

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adjust the content of the .env file

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nano .env

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Add you host name to SEARXING_HOSTNAME= your_host_name_here

If you want to use a SSL remove the # on the LETSENCRYPT= <email> and add you email address

exit the file using Ctrl+X hit “Y” and then “Enter”

Run this command to generate a key

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sed -i “s|ultrasecretkey|$(openssl rand -hex 32) |g” searxng/settings.yml

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Now to start SearX run this command

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sudo docker-compose up -d

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If you want to auto restart your on a reboot you will need to edit the docker-compose.yaml file

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nano docker-compose.yaml

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Add

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add restart: always

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 after the following

 environment:

– SEARXNG_HOSTNAME=${SEARXNG_HOSTNAME:-http://localhost:80}

– SEARXNG_TLS=${LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL:-internal}

..

tmpfs:

– /var/lib/redis

..

environment:

– SEARXNG_BASE_URL=https://${SEARXNG_HOSTNAME:-localhost}/

now restart SearX

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sudo docker-compose up -d

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