sphinxsearchHow do I run the Sphinxsearch indexer?

1. Install Sphinxsearch:

   sudo apt-get install sphinxsearch

2. Create a configuration file:

   sudo nano /etc/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf

3. Configure the indexer:

   • indexer: This is the name of the indexer.
   • source: This is the source of the data to be indexed.
   • path: This is the directory where the indexer will store the data.
   • docinfo: This is the type of information to be indexed.

4. Start the indexer:

   indexer --config /etc/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf --all

   Output:

   Sphinx 2.2.13-id64-release (rel22-r5006)
   Copyright (c) 2001-2015, Andrew Aksyonoff
   Copyright (c) 2008-2015, Sphinx Technologies Inc (http://sphinxsearch.com)
   
   using config file '/etc/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf'...
   indexing index 'indexer'...
   collected 0 docs, 0.0 MB
   total 0 docs, 0 bytes
   total 0.007 sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0.00 docs/sec

5. Monitor the indexer:

   indexer --config /etc/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf --status

   Output:

   Sphinx 2.2.13-id64-release (rel22-r5006)
   Copyright (c) 2001-2015, Andrew Aksyonoff
   Copyright (c) 2008-2015, Sphinx Technologies Inc (http://sphinxsearch.com)
   
   using config file '/etc/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf'...
   indexing index 'indexer'...
   collected 0 docs, 0.0 MB
   total 0 docs, 0 bytes
   total 0.007 sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0.00 docs/sec

6. Stop the indexer:

   indexer --config /etc/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf --stop

   Output:

   Sphinx 2.2.13-id64-release (rel22-r5006)
   Copyright (c) 2001-2015, Andrew Aksyonoff
   Copyright (c) 2008-2015, Sphinx Technologies Inc (http://sphinxsearch.com)
   
   using config file '/etc/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf'...
   indexing index 'indexer'...
   collected 0 docs, 0.0 MB
   total 0 docs, 0 bytes
   total 0.007 sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0.00 docs/sec

7. Helpful links

   • Sphinxsearch Installation Guide
   • Sphinxsearch Configuration Guide

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