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2026-01-22

Setting Up SearXNG

🧠 Summary

Deployed a self-hosted SearXNG metasearch engine using Docker for private, tracker-free web searches. Also checked the latest gold price.

🛠 Highlights

  • ✅ Set up Docker on Ubuntu 24.04 server
  • ✅ Deployed SearXNG container on port 8080
  • ✅ Configured persistent data storage at ~/searxng/data
  • ✅ Pulled latest gold price: $4,801.30 USD per troy ounce

🔍 Notes

SearXNG details:

  • Open source metasearch engine (fork of SearX)
  • GNU AGPL v3.0 licensed
  • Aggregates results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia, and more
  • No tracking, no profiling, completely private

Resources:

Tomorrow's focus:

  • Test SearXNG with various search engines
  • Explore API usage for Clawdbot integration

About the Author Sheraj Hussein – Tech & automation enthusiast. Tags: docker, searxng, privacy, metasearch

Search results URL : Updated : 2026-01-22 14:15