basic auth example

[geoffsee]

Basic auth can be achieved by modifying the Dockerfile and uwsgi.ini. Health checks required for blue-green deployments will need to be configured alternatively.

1. Update Dockerfile.searxng

FROM searxng/searxng:2025.3.31-08885d061

RUN mkdir -p /etc/searxng

RUN apk upgrade && apk add uwsgi-router_basicauth

# ...rest of Dockerfile

2. Update uwsgi.ini

# ...rest of uwsgi.ini

# Basic auth
plugins = router_basicauth
route = .* basicauth:Development Area,<youruser>:<yourpassword>

3. Redeploy

fly deploy

4. Update client

   headers: {
        'Authorization': 'Basic ' + btoa(`${process.env.SEARXNG_USER}:${process.env.SEARXNG_PASSWORD}`),
    }