server:

server:
- server:

`server:`

server:
    base_url: http://example.org/location  # change this!
    port: 8888
    bind_address: "127.0.0.1"
    secret_key: "ultrasecretkey"           # change this!
    limiter: false
    public_instance: false
    image_proxy: false
    method: "GET"
    default_http_headers:
      X-Content-Type-Options : nosniff
      X-Download-Options : noopen
      X-Robots-Tag : noindex, nofollow
      Referrer-Policy : no-referrer

base_url``$SEARXNG_BASE_URL : The base URL where SearXNG is deployed. Used to create correct inbound links.

port & bind_address: $SEARXNG_PORT & $SEARXNG_BIND_ADDRESS : Port number and bind address of the SearXNG web application if you run it directly using python searx/webapp.py. Doesn’t apply to a SearXNG services running behind a proxy and using socket communications.

secret_key``$SEARXNG_SECRET : Used for cryptography purpose.

limiter``$SEARXNG_LIMITER : Rate limit the number of request on the instance, block some bots. The Limiter requires a valkey: database.

public_instance : $SEARXNG_PUBLIC_INSTANCE

Setting that allows to enable features specifically for public instances (not needed for local usage). By set to true the following features are activated:

searx.botdetection.link_token in the Limiter

image_proxy

image_proxy``$SEARXNG_IMAGE_PROXY : Allow your instance of SearXNG of being able to proxy images. Uses memory space.

method : GET | POST

HTTP method. By default, GET is used / The POST method has the advantage with some browsers that the history is not saved, but there are also various disadvantages that sometimes severely restrict the ease of use for the end user (e.g. back button to jump back to the previous search page and drag & drop of search term to new tabs do not work as expected .. and several more). We had some discussions about the pros versus cons:

[doc] adds the missing documentation of the server.method settings

look out for label:”http methods GET & POST”

default_http_headers : : Set additional HTTP headers, see #755

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