Be Your Own Cloud code · PART 3 — THE STACK

Chapter 15 SearXNG: A Private Search Engine

2 blocks · pp. 66–67 in the paperback

Going further than the chapter: SearXNG: Going Deeper

Deploying It

# p. 66

File /opt/stacks/searxng/docker-compose.yml

services:
  searxng:
    image: searxng/searxng:2026.9.29-4e2c1ea7f
    container_name: searxng
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./searxng:/etc/searxng
    ports:
      - '8888:8080'

Choosing Your Engines

# p. 67

Add to /opt/stacks/searxng/searxng/settings.yml

SearXNG writes this file on first start. Add the engines block to the end of it.

engines:
  - name: google
    disabled: false
  - name: bing
    disabled: false
  - name: duckduckgo
    disabled: false

Reproduced exactly from Be Your Own Cloud, Chapter 15. The book explains what each line does and what to do when it doesn't work. About the book

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