SearXNG SelfHosted

Deploy easily your SearXNG instance!

Description

SearXNG

This repository aims to create a new SearXNG instance in five minutes using Docker containers. It provides a combination with Nginx Proxy Manager to creates a SSL endpoint to your instance.

How to Deploy this repo ?

Prerequisites

Docker ~ 20
Git

Commands

  # Clone the repo
  git clone git@github.com:GridexX/SearXNG-Self-Hosted.git

  # Move in the main directory
  cd SearXNG-Self-Hosted

  # Replace the Secret Key used by SearchXNG
  sed -i "s|ultrasecretkey|$(openssl rand -hex 32)|g" searxng/settings.yml

  # Start the containers
  docker compose up -d

Reverse Proxy with Nginx Proxy Manager

To add a custom Domain Name with a SSL endpoint, a docker compose file is provided in this repository. Here are the steps to reproduce:

Uncomment the line in the network file in the docker-compose.yml file:

networks:
  searxng:
    ipam:
      driver: default
  nginx-proxy-manager_web-proxy: # If you want to use Nginx Proxy Manager network
    external: true

Start the NPM instance:

docker compose up -f docker-compose-npm.yml up -d

Start the SearXNG stack:
```
docker compose up -d
```
Creates the DNS record from your DNS manager with your DOMAIN
Add the Proxy Host on NPM Use the following settings:
- Scheme: http
- Forward Hostname / IP: searxng.dockerlocal
- Port: 8080
Create a new SSL certificates and check:
- Force SSL
- HTTP/2 Support
- HSTS enabled

Well done you finished the configuration 🥳
Now go on your DOMAIN url, you should see the HomePage !

Reference

This repository is heavily inspired by the searxng-docker repository.

For more information about how to configure proxy hosts, refers to the NPM documentation

Author

Redacted by @GridexX during a scorching day in Iasi 🥵🇷🇴

GridexX / SearXNG-Self-Hosted