mihir-kumar-thakur · June 1, 2021 15:33 · Jan 4, 2021 · Jan 4, 2021 · Jan 4, 2021 · Jan 4, 2021
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@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ searchd: /usr/local/bin/searchd
 1. First - create paths we need to store indexes, config files, logs and etc.
 
 ```bash
-mkdir -p /etc/sphinx /var/run/sphinx /var/log/sphinx /var/lib/sphinx/data
+sudo mkdir -p /etc/sphinx /var/run/sphinx /var/log/sphinx /var/lib/sphinx/data
 ```
 
 2. Change permission for system user. Change deploy with your system user and group.
 
 ```bash
-chown -R deploy:deploy /etc/sphinx /var/run/sphinx /var/log/sphinx /var/lib/sphinx
+sudo chown -R deploy:deploy /etc/sphinx /var/run/sphinx /var/log/sphinx /var/lib/sphinx
 ```
 
 chown user:group

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+# Sphinx search 3 installation with binary on Ubuntu for working with Thinking sphinx gem on ruby on rails
+
+## Download sphinx with curl
+
+```bash
+curl http://sphinxsearch.com/files/sphinx-3.3.1-b72d67b-linux-amd64.tar.gz -o sphinx.tar.gz
+```
+
+## Unzip downloaded zip file
+
+```bash
+sudo tar -zxvf sphinx.tar.gz
+```
+
+## Move binary to  user's bin file
+
+```bash
+sudo mv sphinx-3.3.1/bin/* /usr/local/bin/.
+```
+
+## Test that searchd - SphinxSearch daemon binary now exists in your system
+
+```bash
+whereis searchd
+```
+
+This command will output following
+
+searchd: /usr/local/bin/searchd
+
+## Configurations
+
+1. First - create paths we need to store indexes, config files, logs and etc.
+
+```bash
+mkdir -p /etc/sphinx /var/run/sphinx /var/log/sphinx /var/lib/sphinx/data
+```
+
+2. Change permission for system user. Change deploy with your system user and group.
+
+```bash
+chown -R deploy:deploy /etc/sphinx /var/run/sphinx /var/log/sphinx /var/lib/sphinx
+```
+
+chown user:group
+https://linuxize.com/post/linux-chown-command
+
+3. Creating Systemd service file:
+
+Create this file  /lib/systemd/system/sphinx.service   and put following code
+
+```bash
+[Unit]
+Description=Sphinx Search - Fast standalone full-text SQL search engine
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/searchd --config /etc/sphinx/sphinx.conf
+ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/searchd --stop
+KillMode=process
+Restart=on-failure
+PIDFile=/var/run/sphinx/sphinx.pid
+User=sphinx
+Group=sphinx
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Alias=sphinx.service
+```
+
+4. File, indicating our OS to restore /var/run/sphinx folder with write permissions for sphinx user:
+
+Create this file - /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sphinx.conf and put following code
+
+```bash
+#Type Path           Mode   UID      GID    Age Argument
+d /var/run/sphinx    0755   deploy  deploy   -   -
+```
+
+5. Enable systemd service Enter this to enable system service:
+
+```bash
+sudo systemctl enable sphinx
+```
+
+You'l get something like:
+
+```bash
+Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sphinx.service → /lib/systemd/system/sphinx.service.
+```
+
+6. Now go to rails project with thinking sphinx gem installed and run following commands.
+
+```bash
+bundle exec rake ts:clear
+bundle exec rake ts:configure
+bundle exec rake ts:start
+bundle exec rake ts:index
+```
+
+Now sphinx should  be running with [thinking sphinx](https://github.com/pat/thinking-sphinx) gem