---
title: SearXNG Search Plugin Configuration Guide
description: FastGPT SearXNG Search Plugin Configuration Guide
---

[SearXNG](https://github.com/searxng/searxng) is a free internet metasearch engine that aggregates results from various search services and databases. It does not track or profile users. You can self-host it for your own use. This guide covers deploying SearXNG and integrating it with FastGPT.

## 1. Deploy the Application

This section covers deploying SearXNG on Sealos. For Docker deployment, refer to the [official SearXNG documentation](https://github.com/searxng/searxng).

Open [Sealos Beijing Region](https://bja.sealos.run?uid=fnWRt09fZP), click App Launchpad, and create a new app:

| Open App Launchpad | Create New App |
| --- | --- |
| ![](/imgs/searxng_plugin_guide1.png) | ![alt text](/imgs/image-45.png) |

## 2. Deployment Configuration

Fill in the following parameters:

* Image: searxng/searxng:latest
* CPU: 0.2
* Memory: 512M
* Container Port: 8080
* Enable public access
* Click Advanced Configuration to add environment variables and config files

![alt text](/imgs/image-50.png)

**Environment Variables**

Add these two variables to reduce concurrency and memory usage:

```
UWSGI_WORKERS=4
UWSGI_THREADS=4
```

**Configuration File**

Add a new config file with filename: `/etc/searx/settings.yml`

File content:

```txt
general:
  debug: false
  instance_name: "searxng"
  privacypolicy_url: false
  donation_url: false
  contact_url: false
  enable_metrics: true
  open_metrics: ''

brand:
  new_issue_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/new
  docs_url: https://docs.searxng.org/
  public_instances: https://searx.space
  wiki_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/wiki
  issue_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues

search:
  safe_search: 0
  autocomplete: ""
  autocomplete_min: 4
  default_lang: "auto"
  ban_time_on_fail: 5
  max_ban_time_on_fail: 120
  formats:
    - html

server:
  port: 8080
  bind_address: "0.0.0.0"
  base_url: false
  limiter: false
  public_instance: false
  secret_key: "example"
  image_proxy: false
  http_protocol_version: "1.0"
  method: "POST"
  default_http_headers:
    X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
    X-Download-Options: noopen
    X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow
    Referrer-Policy: no-referrer

redis:
  url: false

ui:
  static_path: ""
  static_use_hash: false
  templates_path: ""
  default_theme: simple
  default_locale: ""
  query_in_title: false
  infinite_scroll: false
  center_alignment: false
  theme_args:
    simple_style: auto

outgoing:
  request_timeout: 30.0
  max_request_timeout: 40.0
  pool_connections: 200
  pool_maxsize: 50
  enable_http2: false
  retries: 5

engines:

  - name: bing
    engine: bing
    shortcut: bi

doi_resolvers:
  oadoi.org: 'https://oadoi.org/'
  doi.org: 'https://doi.org/'
  doai.io: 'https://dissem.in/'
  sci-hub.se: 'https://sci-hub.se/'
  sci-hub.st: 'https://sci-hub.st/'
  sci-hub.ru: 'https://sci-hub.ru/'

default_doi_resolver: 'oadoi.org'
```

Currently, only Bing works reliably in mainland China, so the config above only includes Bing. For overseas deployment, use [Sealos Singapore Region](https://cloud.sealos.io?uid=fnWRt09fZP) and add other search engines. Refer to the [SearXNG default config](https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/settings.yml) for engine configurations. For example:

```
  - name: duckduckgo
    engine: duckduckgo
    shortcut: ddg

  - name: google
    engine: google
    shortcut: go
```

## 3. Using with FastGPT

Copy the public URL from your Sealos deployment and paste it into the SearXNG plugin URL field in FastGPT.

| Copy Public URL | Paste into URL |
| --- | --- |
| ![alt text](/imgs/image-48.png) | ![alt text](/imgs/image-49.png) |

## Response Format

* Success returns an array of search results:

```bash
{
  "result": "[{\"title\":\"Title1\",\"link\":\"Link1\",\"snippet\":\"Snippet1\"}, ...]"
}
```

* Empty results return a friendly message:

```bash
{
  "result": "[]",
  "error": {
    "message": "No search results",
    "code": 500
  }
}
```

* Failures may return these error messages via Promise.reject:

```bash
- "Missing query parameter"
- "Missing url"
- "Failed to fetch data from Search XNG"
```

Issues typically stem from missing parameters or deployment problems. For more help, ask in the user community.

## FAQ

### No Search Results

1. First, open the public URL directly and test if search works.
2. Check for timed-out search engines -- API calls won't return results if engines time out.