what does redis do ? #993
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Hi I have just noticed that in the new settings.yml file there is a redis section, |
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It is for the new limiter plugin that replaces filtron for now. IP addresses are getting stored with a hash so the limiter plugin knows who to block. Also in the future we will use redis for different caches more (not results or images since this would be a privacy invasion, but other stuff for sure). So basically SearXNG switched from SearXNG + filtron + morty to SearXNG core + redis 👍 |
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Great!, thanks for your answer. It would be great if you could include this in the documentation. |
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I send PR #994 |
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I still couldn't find a reason for why anyone would want set up redis for searxng in the documentation (apparently not to cache search results). Ironically I had to search with google to find this answer. |
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https://docs.searxng.org/admin/searx.limiter.html#limiter .. and some of engines are using redis to store tokens. |
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As I said I have found the answer with google. The next person coming along probably will still be puzzled by
after clicking on "Redis DB" and maybe wonder if he can somehow search the redis db with SearXNG. |
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@flori If you think the docs can be improved: your PRs are welcome. |
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It is for the new limiter plugin that replaces filtron for now. IP addresses are getting stored with a hash so the limiter plugin knows who to block. Also in the future we will use redis for different caches more (not results or images since this would be a privacy invasion, but other stuff for sure).
So basically SearXNG switched from SearXNG + filtron + morty to SearXNG core + redis 👍