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  45. <section id="nginx">
  46. <span id="installation-nginx"></span><h1>NGINX<a class="headerlink" href="#nginx" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
  47. <p>This section explains how to set up a SearXNG instance using the HTTP server <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/">nginx</a>.
  48. If you have used the <a class="reference internal" href="installation-scripts.html#installation-scripts"><span class="std std-ref">Installation Script</span></a> and do not have any special preferences
  49. you can install the <a class="reference internal" href="#nginx-searxng-site"><span class="std std-ref">SearXNG site</span></a> using
  50. <a class="reference internal" href="../utils/searxng.sh.html#searxng-sh-overview"><span class="std std-ref">searxng.sh</span></a>:</p>
  51. <div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>./utils/searxng.sh<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>nginx
  52. </pre></div>
  53. </div>
  54. <p>If you have special interests or problems with setting up nginx, the following
  55. section might give you some guidance.</p>
  56. <aside class="sidebar">
  57. <p class="sidebar-title">further reading</p>
  58. <ul class="simple">
  59. <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/">nginx</a></p></li>
  60. <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://nginx.org/en/docs/beginners_guide.html">nginx beginners guide</a></p></li>
  61. <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/web-server/web-server/#setting-up-virtual-servers">nginx server configuration</a></p></li>
  62. <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/">Getting Started wiki</a></p></li>
  63. <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Nginx.html">uWSGI support from nginx</a></p></li>
  64. </ul>
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  66. <nav class="contents local" id="contents">
  67. <ul class="simple">
  68. <li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#the-nginx-http-server" id="id2">The nginx HTTP server</a></p></li>
  69. <li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#nginx-s-searxng-site" id="id3">NGINX’s SearXNG site</a></p></li>
  70. <li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#disable-logs" id="id4">Disable logs</a></p></li>
  71. </ul>
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  73. <section id="the-nginx-http-server">
  74. <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" role="doc-backlink">The nginx HTTP server</a><a class="headerlink" href="#the-nginx-http-server" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
  75. <p>If <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/">nginx</a> is not installed, install it now.</p>
  76. <div class="sphinx-tabs docutils container">
  77. <div aria-label="Tabbed content" class="closeable" role="tablist"><button aria-controls="panel-0-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" aria-selected="true" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-0-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" name="VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" role="tab" tabindex="0">Ubuntu / debian</button><button aria-controls="panel-0-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-0-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" name="QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">Arch Linux</button><button aria-controls="panel-0-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-0-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" name="RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">Fedora / RHEL</button></div><div aria-labelledby="tab-0-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" id="panel-0-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" name="VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>apt-get<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>nginx
  78. </pre></div>
  79. </div>
  80. </div><div aria-labelledby="tab-0-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-0-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" name="QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>pacman<span class="w"> </span>-S<span class="w"> </span>nginx-mainline
  81. sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>systemctl<span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">enable</span><span class="w"> </span>nginx
  82. sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>systemctl<span class="w"> </span>start<span class="w"> </span>nginx
  83. </pre></div>
  84. </div>
  85. </div><div aria-labelledby="tab-0-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-0-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" name="RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>dnf<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>nginx
  86. sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>systemctl<span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">enable</span><span class="w"> </span>nginx
  87. sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>systemctl<span class="w"> </span>start<span class="w"> </span>nginx
  88. </pre></div>
  89. </div>
  90. </div></div>
  91. <p>Now at <a class="reference external" href="http://localhost">http://localhost</a> you should see a <em>Welcome to nginx!</em> page, on Fedora you
  92. see a <em>Fedora Webserver - Test Page</em>. The test page comes from the default
  93. <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/web-server/web-server/#setting-up-virtual-servers">nginx server configuration</a>. How this default site is configured,
  94. depends on the linux distribution:</p>
  95. <div class="sphinx-tabs docutils container">
  96. <div aria-label="Tabbed content" class="closeable" role="tablist"><button aria-controls="panel-1-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" aria-selected="true" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-1-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" name="VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" role="tab" tabindex="0">Ubuntu / debian</button><button aria-controls="panel-1-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-1-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" name="QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">Arch Linux</button><button aria-controls="panel-1-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-1-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" name="RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">Fedora / RHEL</button></div><div aria-labelledby="tab-1-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" id="panel-1-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" name="VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>less<span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
  97. </pre></div>
  98. </div>
  99. <p>There is one line that includes site configurations from:</p>
  100. <div class="highlight-nginx notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">include</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*</span>;
  101. </pre></div>
  102. </div>
  103. </div><div aria-labelledby="tab-1-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-1-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" name="QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>less<span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
  104. </pre></div>
  105. </div>
  106. <p>There is a configuration section named <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">server</span></code>:</p>
  107. <div class="highlight-nginx notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">server</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
  108. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">listen</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">80</span><span class="p">;</span>
  109. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">server_name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">localhost</span><span class="p">;</span>
  110. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># ...</span>
  111. <span class="p">}</span>
  112. </pre></div>
  113. </div>
  114. </div><div aria-labelledby="tab-1-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-1-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" name="RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>less<span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
  115. </pre></div>
  116. </div>
  117. <p>There is one line that includes site configurations from:</p>
  118. <div class="highlight-nginx notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">include</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">/etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf</span>;
  119. </pre></div>
  120. </div>
  121. </div></div>
  122. </section>
  123. <section id="nginx-s-searxng-site">
  124. <span id="nginx-searxng-site"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" role="doc-backlink">NGINX’s SearXNG site</a><a class="headerlink" href="#nginx-s-searxng-site" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
  125. <p>Now you have to create a configuration file (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">searxng.conf</span></code>) for the SearXNG
  126. site. If <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/">nginx</a> is new to you, the <a class="reference external" href="https://nginx.org/en/docs/beginners_guide.html">nginx beginners guide</a> is a good starting
  127. point and the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/">Getting Started wiki</a> is always a good resource <em>to keep in the
  128. pocket</em>.</p>
  129. <p>Depending on what your SearXNG installation is listening on, you need a http or socket
  130. communication to upstream.</p>
  131. <div class="sphinx-tabs docutils container">
  132. <div aria-label="Tabbed content" class="closeable" role="tablist"><button aria-controls="panel-2-c29ja2V0" aria-selected="true" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-2-c29ja2V0" name="c29ja2V0" role="tab" tabindex="0">socket</button><button aria-controls="panel-2-aHR0cA==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-2-aHR0cA==" name="aHR0cA==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">http</button></div><div aria-labelledby="tab-2-c29ja2V0" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" id="panel-2-c29ja2V0" name="c29ja2V0" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-nginx notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">location</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">/searxng</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
  133. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">uwsgi_pass</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">unix:///usr/local/searxng/run/socket</span><span class="p">;</span>
  134. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">include</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">uwsgi_params</span><span class="p">;</span>
  135. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">uwsgi_param</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">HTTP_HOST</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$host</span><span class="p">;</span>
  136. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">uwsgi_param</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">HTTP_CONNECTION</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$http_connection</span><span class="p">;</span>
  137. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># see flaskfix.py</span>
  138. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">uwsgi_param</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">HTTP_X_SCHEME</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$scheme</span><span class="p">;</span>
  139. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">uwsgi_param</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">HTTP_X_SCRIPT_NAME</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">/searxng</span><span class="p">;</span>
  140. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># see limiter.py</span>
  141. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">uwsgi_param</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">HTTP_X_REAL_IP</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$remote_addr</span><span class="p">;</span>
  142. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">uwsgi_param</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for</span><span class="p">;</span>
  143. <span class="p">}</span>
  144. <span class="c1"># uWSGI serves the static files and in settings.yml we use::</span>
  145. <span class="c1">#</span>
  146. <span class="c1"># ui:</span>
  147. <span class="c1"># static_use_hash: true</span>
  148. <span class="c1">#</span>
  149. <span class="c1"># location /searxng/static/ {</span>
  150. <span class="c1"># alias /usr/local/searxng/searxng-src/searx/static/;</span>
  151. <span class="c1"># }</span>
  152. </pre></div>
  153. </div>
  154. </div><div aria-labelledby="tab-2-aHR0cA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-2-aHR0cA==" name="aHR0cA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-nginx notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">location</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">/searxng</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
  155. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">proxy_pass</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">http://127.0.0.1:8888</span><span class="p">;</span>
  156. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">proxy_set_header</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">Host</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$host</span><span class="p">;</span>
  157. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">proxy_set_header</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">Connection</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$http_connection</span><span class="p">;</span>
  158. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># see flaskfix.py</span>
  159. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">proxy_set_header</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">X-Scheme</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$scheme</span><span class="p">;</span>
  160. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">proxy_set_header</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">X-Script-Name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">/searxng</span><span class="p">;</span>
  161. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># see limiter.py</span>
  162. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">proxy_set_header</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">X-Real-IP</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$remote_addr</span><span class="p">;</span>
  163. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">proxy_set_header</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">X-Forwarded-For</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for</span><span class="p">;</span>
  164. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># proxy_buffering off;</span>
  165. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># proxy_request_buffering off;</span>
  166. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># proxy_buffer_size 8k;</span>
  167. <span class="p">}</span>
  168. <span class="c1"># uWSGI serves the static files and in settings.yml we use::</span>
  169. <span class="c1">#</span>
  170. <span class="c1"># ui:</span>
  171. <span class="c1"># static_use_hash: true</span>
  172. <span class="c1">#</span>
  173. <span class="c1"># location /searxng/static/ {</span>
  174. <span class="c1"># alias /usr/local/searxng/searxng-src/searx/static/;</span>
  175. <span class="c1"># }</span>
  176. </pre></div>
  177. </div>
  178. </div></div>
  179. <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="installation-scripts.html#installation-scripts"><span class="std std-ref">Installation Script</span></a> installs the <a class="reference internal" href="installation-searxng.html#use-default-settings-yml"><span class="std std-ref">reference setup</span></a> and a <a class="reference internal" href="installation-uwsgi.html#uwsgi-setup"><span class="std std-ref">uWSGI setup</span></a> that listens on a socket by default.</p>
  180. <div class="sphinx-tabs docutils container">
  181. <div aria-label="Tabbed content" class="closeable" role="tablist"><button aria-controls="panel-3-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" aria-selected="true" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-3-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" name="VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" role="tab" tabindex="0">Ubuntu / debian</button><button aria-controls="panel-3-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-3-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" name="QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">Arch Linux</button><button aria-controls="panel-3-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-3-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" name="RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">Fedora / RHEL</button></div><div aria-labelledby="tab-3-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" id="panel-3-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" name="VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><p>Create configuration at <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/nginx/sites-available/</span></code> and place a
  182. symlink to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sites-enabled</span></code>:</p>
  183. <div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>ln<span class="w"> </span>-s<span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/sites-available/searxng.conf<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
  184. <span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/searxng.conf
  185. </pre></div>
  186. </div>
  187. </div><div aria-labelledby="tab-3-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-3-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" name="QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><p>In the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/nginx/nginx.conf</span></code> file, in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">server</span></code> section add a
  188. <a class="reference external" href="https://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#include">include</a>
  189. directive:</p>
  190. <div class="highlight-nginx notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">server</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
  191. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># ...</span>
  192. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">include</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">/etc/nginx/default.d/*.conf</span><span class="p">;</span>
  193. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># ...</span>
  194. <span class="p">}</span>
  195. </pre></div>
  196. </div>
  197. <p>Create two folders, one for the <em>available sites</em> and one for the <em>enabled sites</em>:</p>
  198. <div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>mkdir<span class="w"> </span>-p<span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/default.d
  199. mkdir<span class="w"> </span>-p<span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/default.apps-available
  200. </pre></div>
  201. </div>
  202. <p>Create configuration at <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/nginx/default.apps-available</span></code> and place a
  203. symlink to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">default.d</span></code>:</p>
  204. <div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>ln<span class="w"> </span>-s<span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/default.apps-available/searxng.conf<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
  205. <span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/default.d/searxng.conf
  206. </pre></div>
  207. </div>
  208. </div><div aria-labelledby="tab-3-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-3-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" name="RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><p>Create a folder for the <em>available sites</em>:</p>
  209. <div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>mkdir<span class="w"> </span>-p<span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/default.apps-available
  210. </pre></div>
  211. </div>
  212. <p>Create configuration at <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/nginx/default.apps-available</span></code> and place a
  213. symlink to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">conf.d</span></code>:</p>
  214. <div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>ln<span class="w"> </span>-s<span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/default.apps-available/searxng.conf<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
  215. <span class="w"> </span>/etc/nginx/conf.d/searxng.conf
  216. </pre></div>
  217. </div>
  218. </div></div>
  219. <p>Restart services:</p>
  220. <div class="sphinx-tabs docutils container">
  221. <div aria-label="Tabbed content" class="closeable" role="tablist"><button aria-controls="panel-4-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" aria-selected="true" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-4-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" name="VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" role="tab" tabindex="0">Ubuntu / debian</button><button aria-controls="panel-4-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-4-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" name="QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">Arch Linux</button><button aria-controls="panel-4-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-4-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" name="RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">Fedora / RHEL</button></div><div aria-labelledby="tab-4-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" id="panel-4-VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" name="VWJ1bnR1IC8gZGViaWFu" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>systemctl<span class="w"> </span>restart<span class="w"> </span>nginx
  222. sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>service<span class="w"> </span>uwsgi<span class="w"> </span>restart<span class="w"> </span>searxng
  223. </pre></div>
  224. </div>
  225. </div><div aria-labelledby="tab-4-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-4-QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" name="QXJjaCBMaW51eA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>systemctl<span class="w"> </span>restart<span class="w"> </span>nginx
  226. sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>systemctl<span class="w"> </span>restart<span class="w"> </span>uwsgi@searxng
  227. </pre></div>
  228. </div>
  229. </div><div aria-labelledby="tab-4-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-4-RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" name="RmVkb3JhIC8gUkhFTA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>systemctl<span class="w"> </span>restart<span class="w"> </span>nginx
  230. sudo<span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span>touch<span class="w"> </span>/etc/uwsgi.d/searxng.ini
  231. </pre></div>
  232. </div>
  233. </div></div>
  234. </section>
  235. <section id="disable-logs">
  236. <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" role="doc-backlink">Disable logs</a><a class="headerlink" href="#disable-logs" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
  237. <p>For better privacy you can disable nginx logs in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/nginx/nginx.conf</span></code>.</p>
  238. <div class="highlight-nginx notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">http</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
  239. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># ...</span>
  240. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">access_log</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">/dev/null</span><span class="p">;</span>
  241. <span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">error_log</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">/dev/null</span><span class="p">;</span>
  242. <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># ...</span>
  243. <span class="p">}</span>
  244. </pre></div>
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