Thank you Pat! On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 9:11:41 AM UTC+3, Pat Allan wrote: > > Hi Joram > > Answers in context below. > > On 18 Mar 2014, at 4:48 pm, Joram Okwaro <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi Pat, > > I've experienced a considerable amount of difficulty finding documentation > on this.. even on how it would work conceptually. I'm glad I found this > thread. I have a couple of questions following your reply that I hope you > can help me with. > > 1. I have tried setting up my first implementation of Thinking Sphinx with > a remote Sphinx server with Thinking Sphinx 3.1.0. Do the instructions > above apply for this new version too? I know there was a massive code > rewrite with version 3. > > > The information about setting the Sphinx version is no longer relevant, > and the remote_sphinx setting no longer exists (as you’ve noticed). The > rest is pretty accurate. > > 2. I can't seem to find ThinkingSphinx.remote_server in the documentation, > which brings me back to point 1 I guess :) > > > Yup, there’s nothing in the TS v3 code that requires the distinguishing > between remote and local. > > 3. With all the scattered documentation I found, I just found out that I > need to set up my app on the server where the Sphinx server is set up in > order to have the rake tasks run there :D (shame on me, how else would the > indexer work). Please clarify though if anything has changed in Thinking > Sphinx 3.1.0 or if there's some additional info or caveats. > > > You do still need your web app on the server as well, so the rake tasks > can refer to your indices and models and such. > > > If you’ve any further questions about this, do let me know. > > Cheers > > — > Pat > > > I hope you can help. Thanks. > > On Friday, June 15, 2012 1:05:21 AM UTC+3, Pat Allan wrote: >> >> Hi Mike >> >> I'm going to start with the basics here - apologies if I'm repeating >> things you already know. >> >> Firstly, you can certainly have Sphinx running on one machine and have >> your web app on another machine. In this case, you would want >> ThinkingSphinx.remote_sphinx set to true, and you should have the >> appropriate Sphinx version in your sphinx.yml for the given environment >> (simply as "version: 0.9.8.1" should do the trick). And you'll definitely >> need to set the address (and port, if it's something other than 9312) so >> the Ruby code can make the connection to the Sphinx daemon (via a TCP >> socket). >> >> You will need to be running the rake tasks on the machine that Sphinx is >> located on - they do not work on remote installations (as really it's just >> calling indexer, and indexer requires local file system access to store >> Sphinx's data). So it's probably worth having a copy of your web app on the >> Sphinx machine, even through it does not function as a web host. >> >> If from the browser's perspective, you are running search on a separate >> (sub)domain, then you'll need the app on that domain, but Sphinx can be >> anywhere you like. If the same machine, then address/version may not be >> necessary, provided searchd and indexer are in the system's PATH. If >> they're not, that's where the bin_path setting comes into play. If on >> separate machines, then the previously mentioned approach is what you want. >> >> Surendra, there's the ThinkingSphinx.remote_sphinx= setter method, and >> then the boolean getter available at ThinkingSphinx.remote_sphinx?. >> >> I hope this clarifies things. Let me know if you have further questions! >> >> Cheers >> >> -- >> Pat >> >> On 13/06/2012, at 2:55 PM, Mike wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > I've used Sphinx in the past and run/indexed/searched all in one >> > enviro with no problem. Now I've decided to get fancy and stick sphinx >> > on it's own url (http://search.domain.domain.com) and I jut can't seem >> > to get it to connect. >> > >> > All the posts, docs, and examples I've found on the web imply that >> > this can be done but, no matter what I do, I keep getting the same >> > generic message when I try to test (by running a simple rake:ts): >> > ***** >> > Sphinx cannot be found on your system. You may need to configure the >> > following >> > settings in your config/sphinx.yml file: >> > * bin_path >> > * searchd_binary_name >> > * indexer_binary_name >> > >> > >> > For more information, read the documentation: >> > http://freelancing-god.github.com/ts/en/advanced_config.html >> > >> > Generating Configuration to /home/foundit_prod/local/etc/sphinx.conf >> > rake aborted! >> > Input/output error - /home/foundit_prod/local/etc/sphinx.conf >> > **** >> > Also keep in mind there's no special setup on the remote domain (like >> > a proxy, etc.) so, even when I do connect, how am I supposed to >> > interact with Sphinx? For instance, I know I could tunnel into the >> > machine and query Sphinx directly, but that seems to defeat the >> > purpose of using Thinking Sphinx. Does that 9312 port handle that >> > transaction? >> > >> > Can anyone provide a solution? >> > >> > Here's my enviro details: >> > >> > Sphinx: v 0.9.8.1 >> > Thikning Sphinx: v 2.0.12 8100a4a) >> > >> > #sphinx.yml >> > >> > development: >> > listen: subdomain.domain.com >> > port: 9312 >> > mem_limit: 64M >> > enable_star: true >> > bin_path: /home/[user]/local/bin >> > searchd_file_path: /home/[user]/local/bin >> > #searchd_log_file: /var/log/searchd/logs/searchd.log >> > #query_log_file: /var/log/searchd/logs/searchd.query.log >> > #pid_file: /var/run/searchd.pid >> > #morphology: stem_en >> > config_file: /home/[user]local/etc/sphinx.conf >> > >> > #development.sphinx.conf >> > >> > >> > indexer >> > { >> > #mem_limit = 128M >> > } >> > >> > searchd >> > { >> > #address = http://search.foundit-here.com >> > #port = 9312 >> > listen = search.foundit-here.com:9312 >> > #log = /Applications/rubystack-3/projects/fih_3/log/searchd.log >> > #query_log = /Applications/rubystack-3/projects/fih_3/log/ >> > searchd.query.log >> > #pid_file = /Applications/rubystack-3/projects/fih_3/log/ >> > searchd.development.pid >> > } >> > >> > >> > #environments/development.rb >> > ... >> > >> > ThinkingSphinx.remote_sphinx = true >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Thinking Sphinx" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/thinking-sphinx?hl=en. >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thinking Sphinx" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thinking-sphinx. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > >
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