How to Install ZincSearch on Fedora Server Latest

ZincSearch is a powerful open-source search engine that allows you to index and search your WARC files with ease. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install ZincSearch on Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are required before we start the installation process:

• A working installation of Fedora Server Latest.
• A user account with sudo privileges.
• Internet connection to download the necessary packages.

Step 1: Update Packages

Before starting the installation process, let's first update the packages on our system by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo dnf update

Step 2: Install Dependencies

ZincSearch requires some dependencies to run correctly. Let's install them by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo dnf install wget gcc.x86_64 gcc-c++.x86_64 libxml2-devel.x86_64 libxslt-devel.x86_64 zlib-devel.x86_64

Step 3: Download and Install ZincSearch

Now let's download the ZincSearch package by running the following command in the terminal:

wget https://github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch/releases/download/v0.5.5/zincsearch-0.5.5-linux-amd64.tar.gz

Once the package is downloaded, let's decompress it by running the following command:

tar -xvf zincsearch-0.5.5-linux-amd64.tar.gz

Now we need to move the extracted files to the /opt directory by running the following command:

sudo mv zincsearch /opt/

Step 4: Configure ZincSearch

Now let's configure ZincSearch by creating a configuration file. Run the following command to create the configuration file:

sudo nano /opt/zincsearch/config.yaml

Add the following content to the configuration file:

log:
  level: info
  rotate:
    keep: 5
    size: 10M
server:
  port: 8080
  address: 0.0.0.0
  debug: false
  prometheus: false
  cors: true
  timeout: 20s
  buffering: true
  max_ids: 100000
  worker_n: 10
  worker_cap: 100000
  indices:
  - index_name: zincsearch
    path: /path/to/your/warc/files
    stopwords: /opt/zincsearch/lib/dicts/stopwords.txt
    schema: /opt/zincsearch/lib/schema.xml
    use_bf: false

Make sure to replace the "/path/to/your/warc/files" with the actual path to your warc files.

Step 5: Start ZincSearch

Now let's start ZincSearch by running the following command:

sudo /opt/zincsearch/bin/zincsearch server

Congratulations! You have successfully installed ZincSearch on your Fedora Server Latest. You can now use ZincSearch to index and search your WARC files.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have guided you on how to install ZincSearch on Fedora Server Latest. We hope this tutorial has been helpful in your quest to use ZincSearch. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments section below.

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