Manticore Search Indexes and document storage

Posted on by adriannuta

Starting from v 3.2.0 Manticore Search introduced a new feature – Document Storage.

Historically Manticore Search was a text search engine which indexes texts but doesn’t keep the originals. A text is processed, transforming it from a plain string into special structures that form the full-text index, which allows fast text searching. In the result set, the user wasn’t receiving the original text, as recomposing it from the full-text index can be a complex process. In addition, indexation settings may include clauses that stop certain words from being indexed (like minimum word length or stopwords) which can make the reconstruction impossible. […]

SSL support: HTTPS interface

Posted on by gloriavin
In Manticore 3.1.2 was added support for data encryption between your application or another client (curl, browser etc) and Manticore Search daemon. It’s important to have it enabled if you need to protect your data (queries, responses) from interception inside your local network and especially if you connect to Manticore Search over the internet. Setting it up requires using certificates. Below is just an example of how it can be done with self-signed certificates, there may be other options like purchasing certificates signed by a real CA. In this tutorial, we will study how to use SSL in work with Manticore Search. In case if you want to go through an interactive course, go here. […]

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There are often optimizations that can be made to a Sphinx / Manticore setup by changing some simple directives in the configuration or making quick changes to an index definition.

Some common mistakes and issues can include:

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