Installing external plugins in searxng-docker

[wheresalice]

How do I install external plugins in searxng-docker?

If I mount my farside_results.py file into /usr/local/searxng/searx/plugins then I get an error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'searx.plugins.farside_results'

If I run sudo utils/searxng.sh instance cmd bash from within the container as the docs suggest then I get errors that sudo and bash don't exist (plus wouldn't that get lost on a restart?

[wheresalice]

I figured out a way of doing this, it involves creating a new docker image with the plugin added

Create a Dockerfile:

FROM  searxng/searxng:latest

RUN apk add git
RUN pip3 install git+https://github.com/wheresalice/farside-results

Then update docker-compose.yaml to replace the searxng image: line with build: .

And finally add the plugin to searxng/settings.yml:

plugins:
  - farside_results

There might be a neater way of doing this, but it is working for me