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< p > Herein you will find some hints and suggestions about typical architectures of
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< p > We start with a < em > reference< / em > setup for public SearXNG instances which can be build
up and maintained by the scripts from our < a class = "reference internal" href = "../utils/index.html#toolboxing" > < span class = "std std-ref" > DevOps tooling box< / span > < / a > .< / p >
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< p > The reference installation activates < code class = "docutils literal notranslate" > < span class = "pre" > server.limiter< / span > < / code > , < code class = "docutils literal notranslate" > < span class = "pre" > server.image_proxy< / span > < / code >
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< span class = "nt" > use_default_settings< / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain" > true< / span >
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< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > instance_name< / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "s" > " SearXNG" < / span >
< span class = "nt" > search< / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > safe_search< / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain" > 2< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > autocomplete< / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "s" > ' duckduckgo' < / span >
< span class = "nt" > server< / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "c1" > # Is overwritten by ${SEARXNG_SECRET}< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > secret_key< / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "s" > " ultrasecretkey" < / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > limiter< / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain" > true< / span >
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< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "c1" > # public URL of the instance, to ensure correct inbound links. Is overwritten< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "c1" > # by ${SEARXNG_URL}.< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "c1" > # base_url: http://example.com/location< / span >
< span class = "nt" > redis< / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "c1" > # URL to connect redis database. Is overwritten by ${SEARXNG_REDIS_URL}.< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > url< / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain" > unix:///usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock?db=0< / span >
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