SearXNG self-hosted privacy metasearch engine on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS by cloudimg. Aggregates results from 70+ search engines with no tracking, profiling or ad targeting. Protected by a per-instance HTTP Basic Auth password generated on first boot, nginx on port 80, config on a dedicated data disk. AGPL-3.0 licensed.
SearXNG is a free, open source metasearch engine that aggregates results from more than 70 search engines - including Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo - into a single, fast results page, without tracking, profiling or showing you targeted ads. Because it runs on your own infrastructure, your searches never leave a server you control. The cloudimg image runs SearXNG behind nginx on port 80, protected by a per-instance HTTP Basic Auth password so the instance is never an open search proxy for the internet at large. A unique password is generated on the first boot of every VM and written to a root only file, and SearXNG's own secret key is freshly generated per instance as well. The configuration lives on a dedicated 20 GiB Azure data disk captured into the image, and an unauthenticated /healthz endpoint is provided for Azure Load Balancer probes. Tune which engines are enabled, adjust categories and preferences from the settings page, and add a real domain with TLS for production use. Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0). Backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.