Merge pull request #1623 from ypid/fix/nginx-subdir-hosting

Fix Nginx subdir URL install docs which allowed download of settings.yml

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/docs/admin/installation.rst b/docs/admin/installation.rst
index 239ce0704..15800fc01 100644
--- a/docs/admin/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/installation.rst
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ content:
     # Module to import
     module = searx.webapp
 
+    # Support running the module from a webserver subdirectory.
+    route-run = fixpathinfo:
+
     # Virtualenv and python path
     virtualenv = /usr/local/searx/searx-ve/
     pythonpath = /usr/local/searx/
@@ -151,7 +154,10 @@ content:
     server {
         listen 80;
         server_name searx.example.com;
-        root /usr/local/searx;
+        root /usr/local/searx/searx;
+
+        location /static {
+        }
 
         location / {
                 include uwsgi_params;
@@ -180,14 +186,13 @@ Add this configuration in the server config file
 
 .. code:: nginx
 
-    location = /searx { rewrite ^ /searx/; }
-    location /searx {
-            try_files $uri @searx;
+    location /searx/static {
+            alias /usr/local/searx/searx/static;
     }
-    location @searx {
+
+    location /searx {
             uwsgi_param SCRIPT_NAME /searx;
             include uwsgi_params;
-            uwsgi_modifier1 30;
             uwsgi_pass unix:/run/uwsgi/app/searx/socket;
     }
 
@@ -197,6 +202,10 @@ in case of single-user or low-traffic instances.)
 
 .. code:: nginx
 
+    location /searx/static {
+            alias /usr/local/searx/searx/static;
+    }
+
     location /searx {
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8888;
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
@@ -338,4 +347,3 @@ References
 
 * How to: `Setup searx in a couple of hours with a free SSL certificate
   <https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/366kvn/how_to_setup_your_own_privacy_respecting_search/>`__
-