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author | nathan <nathansmith@disroot.org> | 2025-08-13 08:56:05 -0600 |
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committer | nathan <nathansmith@disroot.org> | 2025-08-13 08:56:05 -0600 |
commit | 4530b8854cfc38b0292dd1c9332a240d814d6c01 (patch) | |
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4get guide
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diff --git a/org/4get-guide.org b/org/4get-guide.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..41e7462 --- /dev/null +++ b/org/4get-guide.org @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +#+SETUPFILE: ../org-templates/level-1.org +#+TITLE: 4get guide + +* About 4get +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: about +:END: +4get is a meta search engine similar to searxng. Its faster, less resource +intense, and more reliable than searxng. *This guide is made for peeps using +4get with lighttpd+freebsd*. Those using a more sane setup should just check +out [[https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get/src/branch/master/docs/][the 4getdocs]]. + +* Installing 4get +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: installing +:END: +First install a few packages. Replace =84= with whatever php version your using. +#+begin_src shell + pkp install lighttpd curl git php84 php84-curl php84-fileinfo php84-filter \ + php84-mbstring php84-pecl-APCu php84-pecl-imagick php84-sodium php84-zlib +#+end_src + +Next cd into =/usr/local/www= or wherever you keep your website data and clone +the repo with =git clone --depth 1 https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get <whatever +the fuck you want>= + +Now that you have it downloaded check out =data/config.php= and change it to +your liking. It's not my job to tell you how you want your 4get instance +configured (: + +* Setting up lighttpd +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: lighttpd +:END: +If your reading this you likely already used lighttpd since there is no other +reason you would pick lighttpd out of all the other web servers rofl. Well +anyways here is a basic config for 4get to get you started. +#+begin_src + server.modules += ("mod_cgi", "mod_rewrite", "mod_fastcgi") + server.name = "<whatever the fuck you want>" + server.document-root = "/usr/local/www/<whatever the fuck you want>" + index-file.names = ("index.php") + cgi.execute-x-only = "disable" + cgi.assign = (".php" => "/usr/local/bin/php-cgi") + fastcgi.server = ( ".php" => + ( "localhost" => + ( + "host" => "127.0.0.1", + "port" => 9123 + ) + ) + ) + url.rewrite-once = ( "^(.*)/$" => "$1/" ) + url.rewrite-if-not-file = ( "^([^?]*)(\?.*)?$" => "$1.php$2" ) +#+end_src +Start lighttpd with =service lighttpd enable= and =service lighttpd start= +*btw in freebsd =service lighttpd restart= doesn't work so instead you have to +kill it with something like htop.* + +To prevent those annoying php warnings from showing up put these in +=/usr/local/etc/php.ini= +#+begin_src + error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED + display_errors = On +#+end_src + +* Tor proxy +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: tor +:END: +Using a proxy is likely something you will want to do. Meta search engines tend +to get IP banned and all of that funky stuff. + +** torrc +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: torrc +:END: +To use tor as your proxy add these lines to =/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc= +#+begin_src + SOCKSPort 127.0.0.1:9050 + DNSPort 53 + AutomapHostsOnResolve 1 +#+end_src +The reason to also use torDNS is that if you don't you will get DNS leaks. + +** Tor service +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: service +:END: +For tor to be able to create a DNS server in freebsd add this to =/etc/rc.conf= +#+begin_src + tor_setuid="YES" +#+end_src + +To use tor DNS change the content of =/etc/resolv.conf= to +=nameserver 127.0.0.1= + +Run =service tor enable= and =service tor start= to get it going + +To config 4get to use tor edit =<4get directory>/data/config.php= and set all +the =const PROXY_<...>= to ="onion"= +#+begin_src php + ... + const PROXY_DDG = "onion"; // duckduckgo + const PROXY_BRAVE = "onion"; + const PROXY_FB = "onion"; // facebook + ... +#+end_src + +** Freebsd pkg issue +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: pkg +:END: +Freebsd pkg doesn't like torDNS. To fix that run +=mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos= +then =cp /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/= + +Now change =/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf= to something like this: +#+begin_src + FreeBSD: { + url: "https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/quarterly", + mirror_type: "none", + signature_type: "fingerprints", + fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg", + enabled: yes + } +#+end_src + |