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[mod] improve settings documentation

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
Markus Heiser 4 years ago
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  1. 10 3
      docs/admin/installation-searx.rst
  2. 87 59
      docs/admin/settings.rst

+ 10 - 3
docs/admin/installation-searx.rst

@@ -70,13 +70,20 @@ from the login (*~/.profile*):
 Configuration
 Configuration
 =============
 =============
 
 
+.. sidebar:: ``use_default_settings: True``
+
+   - :ref:`settings global`
+   - :ref:`settings location`
+   - :ref:`settings use_default_settings`
+   - :origin:`/etc/searx/settings.yml <utils/templates/etc/searx/use_default_settings.yml>`
+
 To create a initial ``/etc/searx/settings.yml`` you can start with a copy of the
 To create a initial ``/etc/searx/settings.yml`` you can start with a copy of the
 file :origin:`utils/templates/etc/searx/use_default_settings.yml`.  This setup
 file :origin:`utils/templates/etc/searx/use_default_settings.yml`.  This setup
-:option:ref:`use default settings <settings use_default_settings>` from
+:ref:`use default settings <settings use_default_settings>` from
 :origin:`searx/settings.yml` and is recommended since :pull:`2291` is merged.
 :origin:`searx/settings.yml` and is recommended since :pull:`2291` is merged.
 
 
-For minimal Setup, configure like shown below – replace ``searx@\$(uname -n)``
-with a name of your choice, set ``ultrasecretkey`` -- *and/or* edit
+For a *minimal setup*, configure like shown below – replace ``searx@$(uname
+-n)`` with a name of your choice, set ``ultrasecretkey`` -- *and/or* edit
 ``/etc/searx/settings.yml`` to your needs.
 ``/etc/searx/settings.yml`` to your needs.
 
 
 .. kernel-include:: $DOCS_BUILD/includes/searx.rst
 .. kernel-include:: $DOCS_BUILD/includes/searx.rst

+ 87 - 59
docs/admin/settings.rst

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ First, searx will try to load settings.yml from these locations:
 1. the full path specified in the ``SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH`` environment variable.
 1. the full path specified in the ``SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH`` environment variable.
 2. ``/etc/searx/settings.yml``
 2. ``/etc/searx/settings.yml``
 
 
-If these files don't exist (or are empty or can't be read), searx uses the :origin:`searx/settings.yml` file.
+If these files don't exist (or are empty or can't be read), searx uses the
+:origin:`searx/settings.yml` file.
 
 
 
 
 .. _settings global:
 .. _settings global:
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ If these files don't exist (or are empty or can't be read), searx uses the :orig
 Global Settings
 Global Settings
 ===============
 ===============
 
 
+``general:``
+------------
+
 .. code:: yaml
 .. code:: yaml
 
 
    general:
    general:
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ Global Settings
   messages in the browser too, so this must be deactivated in production.
   messages in the browser too, so this must be deactivated in production.
 
 
 ``contact_url``:
 ``contact_url``:
-  Contact mail address or WEB form.
+  Contact ``mailto:`` address or WEB form.
 
 
 ``git_url`` and ``git_branch``:
 ``git_url`` and ``git_branch``:
   Changes this, to point to your searx fork (branch).
   Changes this, to point to your searx fork (branch).
@@ -69,6 +73,9 @@ Global Settings
   Link to your tweets (or ``False``)
   Link to your tweets (or ``False``)
 
 
 
 
+``server:``
+-----------
+
 .. code:: yaml
 .. code:: yaml
 
 
    server:
    server:
@@ -114,6 +121,8 @@ Global Settings
 ``default_http_headers``:
 ``default_http_headers``:
   Set additional HTTP headers, see `#755 <https://github.com/searx/searx/issues/715>`__
   Set additional HTTP headers, see `#755 <https://github.com/searx/searx/issues/715>`__
 
 
+``outgoing:``
+-------------
 
 
 .. code:: yaml
 .. code:: yaml
 
 
@@ -163,6 +172,10 @@ Global Settings
   If you use multiple network interfaces, define from which IP the requests must
   If you use multiple network interfaces, define from which IP the requests must
   be made. This parameter is ignored when ``proxies`` is set.
   be made. This parameter is ignored when ``proxies`` is set.
 
 
+
+``locales:``
+------------
+
 .. code:: yaml
 .. code:: yaml
 
 
    locales:
    locales:
@@ -268,61 +281,76 @@ Engine settings
 use_default_settings
 use_default_settings
 ====================
 ====================
 
 
-.. note::
-
-   If searx is cloned from a git repository, most probably there is no need to have an user settings.
-
-The user defined settings.yml can relied on the default configuration :origin:`searx/settings.yml` using ``use_default_settings: True``.
-
-In the following example, the actual settings are the default settings defined in :origin:`searx/settings.yml` with the exception of the ``secret_key`` and the ``bind_address``:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  use_default_settings: True
-  server:
-      secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
-      bind_address: "0.0.0.0"
+.. sidebar:: ``use_default_settings: True``
 
 
-With ``use_default_settings: True``, each settings can be override in a similar way, the ``engines`` section is merged according to the engine ``name``.
-
-In this example, searx will load all the engine and the arch linux wiki engine has a :ref:`token<private engines>`:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  use_default_settings: True
-  server:
-      secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
-  engines:
-    - name: arch linux wiki
-      tokens: ['$ecretValue']
-
-It is possible to remove some engines from the default settings. The following example is similar to the above one, but searx doesn't load the the google engine:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  use_default_settings:
-      engines:
-         remove:
-           - google
-  server:
-      secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
-  engines:
-    - name: arch linux wiki
-      tokens: ['$ecretValue']
-
-As an alternative, it is possible to specify the engines to keep. In the following example, searx has only two engines:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  use_default_settings:
-      engines:
-         keep_only:
-           - google
-           - duckduckgo
-  server:
-      secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
-  engines:
-    - name: google
-      tokens: ['$ecretValue']
-    - name: duckduckgo
-      tokens: ['$ecretValue']
+   - :ref:`settings location`
+   - :ref:`use_default_settings.yml`
+   - :origin:`/etc/searx/settings.yml <utils/templates/etc/searx/use_default_settings.yml>`
+
+The user defined ``settings.yml`` is loaded from the :ref:`settings location`
+and can relied on the default configuration :origin:`searx/settings.yml` using:
+
+ ``use_default_settings: True``
+
+``server:``
+  In the following example, the actual settings are the default settings defined
+  in :origin:`searx/settings.yml` with the exception of the ``secret_key`` and
+  the ``bind_address``:
+
+  .. code-block:: yaml
+
+    use_default_settings: True
+    server:
+        secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
+        bind_address: "0.0.0.0"
+
+``engines:``
+  With ``use_default_settings: True``, each settings can be override in a
+  similar way, the ``engines`` section is merged according to the engine
+  ``name``.  In this example, searx will load all the engine and the arch linux
+  wiki engine has a :ref:`token<private engines>`:
+
+  .. code-block:: yaml
+
+    use_default_settings: True
+    server:
+        secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
+    engines:
+      - name: arch linux wiki
+        tokens: ['$ecretValue']
+
+``engines:`` / ``remove:``
+  It is possible to remove some engines from the default settings. The following
+  example is similar to the above one, but searx doesn't load the the google
+  engine:
+
+  .. code-block:: yaml
+
+    use_default_settings:
+        engines:
+           remove:
+             - google
+    server:
+        secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
+    engines:
+      - name: arch linux wiki
+        tokens: ['$ecretValue']
+
+``engines:`` / ``keep_only:``
+  As an alternative, it is possible to specify the engines to keep. In the
+  following example, searx has only two engines:
+
+  .. code-block:: yaml
+
+    use_default_settings:
+        engines:
+           keep_only:
+             - google
+             - duckduckgo
+    server:
+        secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
+    engines:
+      - name: google
+        tokens: ['$ecretValue']
+      - name: duckduckgo
+        tokens: ['$ecretValue']