Dockerfile

# Use a lightweight Python image
FROM python:3.10-slim

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git sqlite3 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Create a non-root user
RUN useradd -m searxng
USER searxng
WORKDIR /home/searxng

# Clone SearXNG repository
RUN git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/searxng/searxng.git

# Install SearXNG dependencies
WORKDIR /home/searxng/searxng
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Ensure the settings and config directories exist
RUN mkdir -p /home/searxng/searxng/searx /home/searxng/searxng/config

# Generate a secure secret key and save it to settings.yml
RUN python3 -c 'import secrets, os; os.makedirs("/home/searxng/searxng/searx", exist_ok=True); open("/home/searxng/searxng/searx/settings.yml", "w").write(f"server:\n  secret_key: \"{secrets.token_hex(32)}\"\n")'

# Fix: Create an empty limiter.toml inside /home/searxng/searxng/config
RUN touch /home/searxng/searxng/config/limiter.toml

# Fix: Set environment variables
ENV PYTHONWARNINGS=ignore SQLITE_BUSY_TIMEOUT=5000 SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH=/home/searxng/searxng/config/

# Expose port 7860 (required for Hugging Face)
EXPOSE 7860

# Start SearXNG
CMD ["python", "-m", "searx.webapp", "--port", "7860"]