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diff --git a/docs/blog/admin.rst b/docs/blog/admin.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..18d5ed33b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/blog/admin.rst @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Searx admin interface: manage your instance from your browser +============================================================= + +One of the biggest advantages of searx is being extremely customizable. But at first it can be daunting to newcomers. +A barrier of taking advantage of this feature is our ugly settings file which is sometimes hard to understand and edit. + +To make self-hosting searx more accessible a new tool is introduced, called ``searx-admin``. +It is a web application which is capable of managing your instance and manipulating its settings via a web UI. +It aims to replace editing of ``settings.yml`` for less experienced administrators or people +who prefer graphical admin interfaces. + +.. figure:: searx-admin-engines.png + :scale: 50 % + :alt: Screenshot of engine list + :align: center + :figclass: align-center + + Configuration page of engines + + +Since ``searx-admin`` acts as a supervisor for searx, we have decided to implement it +as a standalone tool instead of part of searx. Another reason for making it a standalone +tool is that the codebase and dependencies of searx should not grow because of a fully optional feature, +which does not affect existing instances. + + +Installation +------------ + +Installation guide can be found in the repository of searx-admin: +https://github.com/kvch/searx-admin#installation--usage + +Acknowledgements +---------------- + +This development was sponsored by `NLnet Foundation`_. + +.. _NLnet Foundation: https://nlnet.nl/ + + +| Happy hacking. +| kvch // 2017.08.22 21:25 diff --git a/docs/blog/blog.rst b/docs/blog/blog.rst index aad448c6b..77553d5cf 100644 --- a/docs/blog/blog.rst +++ b/docs/blog/blog.rst @@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ Blog :maxdepth: 1 python3 + admin diff --git a/docs/blog/searx-admin-engines.png b/docs/blog/searx-admin-engines.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..610bacdf7 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/blog/searx-admin-engines.png |
