Initialize Redis in searx/webapp.py

settings.yml:
* The default URL was unix:///usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock?db=0
* The default URL is now "false"

The default URL makes the log difficult to deal with:
if the admin didn't install a Redis instance, the logs record a false error.

It worked before because SearXNG initialized the Redis connection when the limiter started.

In this commit, SearXNG initializes Redis in searx/webapp.py
so various components can use Redis without taking care of the initialization step.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst b/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
index 086b3ccbe..3ac992d3e 100644
--- a/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
@@ -314,20 +314,21 @@ developer) account needs to be added to the *searxng-redis* group.
 
 .. admonition:: Tip for developers
 
-   To set up a local redis instance using sockets simply use::
-
-     $ ./manage redis.build
-     $ sudo -H ./manage redis.install
-     $ sudo -H ./manage redis.addgrp "${USER}"
-     # don't forget to logout & login to get member of group
-
-   The YAML setting for such a redis instance is:
+   To set up a local redis instance, first set the socket path of the Redis DB
+   in your YAML setting:
 
    .. code:: yaml
 
       redis:
         url: unix:///usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock?db=0
 
+   Then use the following commands to install the redis instance ::
+
+     $ ./manage redis.build
+     $ sudo -H ./manage redis.install
+     $ sudo -H ./manage redis.addgrp "${USER}"
+     # don't forget to logout & login to get member of group
+
 
 .. _settings outgoing: