Connection with Sphinx Engine

After Sphinx Engine is installed, you need to connect it to our Search Extension.

Settings are diffenent depending on where you had installed Sphinx - on the same server as store, or on dedicated separate server.

Connect with Sphinx Engine on the same server

Go to System -> Search Management -> Settings and proceed to Search Engine Configuration.
In field Search Engine select External Sphinx Engine option, and fill the following fields.
- Sphinx Host - sphinx daemon host. Should be set to localhost in this case.
- Sphinx Port - sphinx daemon port (any free port).
- Sphinx Bin Path - if "searchd" is not configured in shell paths on your server, here you need to enter the full path to "searchd" (ex. /usr/local/bin/).
  1. Tune up your Search Daemon, using extended options in Additional Configuration subsection if needed.
  2. Save and click Reset,then Restart Sphinx Daemon. More about this buttons find the Shell Commands.
  3. Run the following command php -f bin/magento indexer:reindex catalogsearch_fulltext to reindex search indexes.

To establish a connection with sphinx engine on another server, you need to run sphinx engine with an auto-generated configuration file.

Go to System / Search Management / Settings / Mirasvit Extensions / Sphinx Search.

Select another server option and the press button "Generate configuration file".
Copy configuration file to the sphinx server (same path to file is required)
Start sphinx daemon using command searchd --config <path to config/sphinx.conf>
Open a port for connection between servers. You can use a command nc -zv sphinx_server_ip sphinx_server_port to check if port open.
Run search reindex in System / Search Management / Search Indexes