[docs] revision of the article "settings.yml"

This patch is a marginal revision of the article "settings.yml", most changes
are from normalizing the YAML syntax.

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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settings.yml location
=====================
First, searx will try to load settings.yml from these locations:
The initial ``settings.yml`` we be load from these locations:
1. the full path specified in the ``SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH`` environment variable.
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.
:origin:`searx/settings.yml` file. Read :ref:`settings use_default_settings` to
see how you can simplify your *user defined* ``settings.yml``.
.. _settings global:
@ -42,17 +43,19 @@ Global Settings
.. code:: yaml
general:
debug : False # Debug mode, only for development
instance_name : "searxng" # displayed name
contact_url: False # mailto:contact@example.com
debug: false # Debug mode, only for development
instance_name: "searxng" # displayed name
contact_url: false # mailto:contact@example.com
.. code:: yaml
brand:
git_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
git_branch: master
issue_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues
docs_url: https://searxng/searxng.github.io/searxng
public_instances: https://searx.space
wiki_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/wiki
git_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
git_branch: master
issue_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues
docs_url: https://searxng/searxng.github.io/searxng
public_instances: https://searx.space
wiki_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/wiki
``debug`` :
Allow a more detailed log if you run searx directly. Display *detailed* error
@ -68,10 +71,10 @@ Global Settings
If you host your own documentation, change this URL.
``wiki_url``:
Link to your wiki (or ``False``)
Link to your wiki (or ``false``)
``twitter_url``:
Link to your tweets (or ``False``)
Link to your tweets (or ``false``)
``server:``
@ -80,19 +83,19 @@ Global Settings
.. code:: yaml
server:
port : 8888
bind_address : "127.0.0.1" # address to listen on
secret_key : "ultrasecretkey" # change this!
base_url : False # set custom base_url (or False)
image_proxy : False # proxying image results through searx
default_locale : "" # default interface locale
default_theme : oscar # ui theme
port: 8888
bind_address: "127.0.0.1" # address to listen on
secret_key: "ultrasecretkey" # change this!
base_url: false # set custom base_url (or false)
image_proxy: false # proxying image results through searx
default_locale: "" # default interface locale
default_theme: oscar # ui theme
default_http_headers:
X-Content-Type-Options : nosniff
X-XSS-Protection : 1; mode=block
X-Download-Options : noopen
X-Robots-Tag : noindex, nofollow
Referrer-Policy : no-referrer
X-Content-Type-Options : nosniff
X-XSS-Protection : 1; mode=block
X-Download-Options : noopen
X-Robots-Tag : noindex, nofollow
Referrer-Policy : no-referrer
``port`` & ``bind_address``:
Port number and *bind address* of the searx web application if you run it
@ -125,26 +128,30 @@ Global Settings
``outgoing:``
-------------
Communication with search engines.
.. code:: yaml
outgoing: # communication with search engines
request_timeout : 2.0 # default timeout in seconds, can be override by engine
# max_request_timeout: 10.0 # the maximum timeout in seconds
useragent_suffix : "" # informations like an email address to the administrator
pool_connections : 100 # Maximum number of allowable connections, or None for no limits. The default is 100.
pool_maxsize : 10 # Number of allowable keep-alive connections, or None to always allow. The default is 10.
enable_http2: True # See https://www.python-httpx.org/http2/
# uncomment below section if you want to use a proxy
# proxies:
# all://:
# - http://proxy1:8080
# - http://proxy2:8080
# uncomment below section only if you have more than one network interface
# which can be the source of outgoing search requests
# source_ips:
# - 1.1.1.1
# - 1.1.1.2
# - fe80::/126
outgoing:
request_timeout: 2.0 # default timeout in seconds, can be override by engine
max_request_timeout: 10.0 # the maximum timeout in seconds
useragent_suffix: "" # informations like an email address to the administrator
pool_connections: 100 # Maximum number of allowable connections, or null
# for no limits. The default is 100.
pool_maxsize: 10 # Number of allowable keep-alive connections, or null
# to always allow. The default is 10.
enable_http2: true # See https://www.python-httpx.org/http2/
# uncomment below section if you want to use a proxy
# proxies:
# all://:
# - http://proxy1:8080
# - http://proxy2:8080
# uncomment below section only if you have more than one network interface
# which can be the source of outgoing search requests
# source_ips:
# - 1.1.1.1
# - 1.1.1.2
# - fe80::/126
``request_timeout`` :
@ -180,8 +187,8 @@ Global Settings
* ``[ 192.168.0.1, fe80::/126 ]``
``retries`` :
Number of retry in case of an HTTP error.
On each retry, searx uses an different proxy and source ip.
Number of retry in case of an HTTP error. On each retry, searx uses an
different proxy and source ip.
``retry_on_http_error`` :
Retry request on some HTTP status code.
@ -193,7 +200,7 @@ Global Settings
* ``[403, 429]``: on HTTP status code 403 and 429.
``enable_http2`` :
Enable by default. Set to ``False`` to disable HTTP/2.
Enable by default. Set to ``false`` to disable HTTP/2.
``max_redirects`` :
30 by default. Maximum redirect before it is an error.
@ -205,18 +212,18 @@ Global Settings
.. code:: yaml
locales:
en : English
de : Deutsch
he : Hebrew
hu : Magyar
fr : Français
es : Español
it : Italiano
nl : Nederlands
ja : 日本語 (Japanese)
tr : Türkçe
ru : Russian
ro : Romanian
en: English
de: Deutsch
he: Hebrew
hu: Magyar
fr: Français
es: Español
it: Italiano
nl: Nederlands
ja: 日本語 (Japanese)
tr: Türkçe
ru: Russian
ro: Romanian
``locales`` :
Locales codes and their names. Available translations of searx interface.
@ -232,33 +239,46 @@ Engine settings
- :ref:`general engine settings`
- :ref:`engines-dev`
In the code example below a *full fledged* example of a YAML setup from a dummy
engine is shown. Most of the options have a default value or even are optional.
.. code:: yaml
- name : bing
engine : bing
shortcut : bi
base_url : 'https://{language}.wikipedia.org/'
categories : general
timeout : 3.0
api_key : 'apikey'
disabled : True
language : en_US
#enable_http: False
#enable_http2: False
#retries: 1
#retry_on_http_error: True # or 403 or [404, 429]
#max_connections: 100
#max_keepalive_connections: 10
#keepalive_expiry: 5.0
#proxies:
# http:
# - http://proxy1:8080
# - http://proxy2:8080
# https:
# - http://proxy1:8080
# - http://proxy2:8080
# - socks5://user:password@proxy3:1080
# - socks5h://user:password@proxy4:1080
- name: example engine
engine: example
shortcut: demo
base_url: 'https://{language}.example.com/'
categories: general
timeout: 3.0
api_key: 'apikey'
disabled: false
language: en_US
tokens: [ 'my-secret-token' ]
weigth: 1
display_error_messages: true
about:
website: https://example.com
wikidata_id: Q306656
official_api_documentation: https://example.com/api-doc
use_official_api: true
require_api_key: true
results: HTML
enable_http: false
enable_http2: false
retries: 1
retry_on_http_error: true # or 403 or [404, 429]
max_connections: 100
max_keepalive_connections: 10
keepalive_expiry: 5.0
proxies:
http:
- http://proxy1:8080
- http://proxy2:8080
https:
- http://proxy1:8080
- http://proxy2:8080
- socks5://user:password@proxy3:1080
- socks5h://user:password@proxy4:1080
``name`` :
Name that will be used across searx to define this engine. In settings, on
@ -298,10 +318,14 @@ Engine settings
by using the full ISO code of language and country, like ``fr_FR``, ``en_US``,
``de_DE``.
``tokens`` : optional
A list of secret tokens to make this engine *private*, more details see
:ref:`private engines`.
``weigth`` : default ``1``
Weighting of the results of this engine.
``display_error_messages`` : default ``True``
``display_error_messages`` : default ``true``
When an engine returns an error, the message is displayed on the user interface.
``network``: optional
@ -321,7 +345,7 @@ Engine settings
use_default_settings
====================
.. sidebar:: ``use_default_settings: True``
.. sidebar:: ``use_default_settings: true``
- :ref:`settings location`
- :ref:`use_default_settings.yml`
@ -330,7 +354,7 @@ use_default_settings
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``
``use_default_settings: true``
``server:``
In the following example, the actual settings are the default settings defined
@ -339,22 +363,22 @@ and can relied on the default configuration :origin:`searx/settings.yml` using:
.. code-block:: yaml
use_default_settings: True
use_default_settings: true
server:
secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
secret_key: "ultrasecretkey" # change this!
bind_address: "0.0.0.0"
``engines:``
With ``use_default_settings: True``, each settings can be override in a
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>`:
wiki engine has a :ref:`token <private engines>`:
.. code-block:: yaml
use_default_settings: True
use_default_settings: true
server:
secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
secret_key: "ultrasecretkey" # change this!
engines:
- name: arch linux wiki
tokens: ['$ecretValue']
@ -367,11 +391,11 @@ and can relied on the default configuration :origin:`searx/settings.yml` using:
.. code-block:: yaml
use_default_settings:
engines:
remove:
- google
engines:
remove:
- google
server:
secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
secret_key: "ultrasecretkey" # change this!
engines:
- name: arch linux wiki
tokens: ['$ecretValue']
@ -383,12 +407,12 @@ and can relied on the default configuration :origin:`searx/settings.yml` using:
.. code-block:: yaml
use_default_settings:
engines:
keep_only:
- google
- duckduckgo
engines:
keep_only:
- google
- duckduckgo
server:
secret_key: "uvys6bRhKHUdFF5CqbJonSDSRN8H0sCBziNSrDGNVdpz7IeZhveVart3yvghoKHA"
secret_key: "ultrasecretkey" # change this!
engines:
- name: google
tokens: ['$ecretValue']