configure searx on uWSGI

configuration.nix

@@ -266,9 +266,24 @@
   services.searx = {
     enable = true;
     environmentFile = config.secrets.searx.environment;
+
+    # Use nginx+uWSGI
+    runInUwsgi = true;
+    uwsgiConfig = {
+      disable-logging = true;
+
+      # serve via uwsgi unix socket
+      socket = "/run/searx/uwsgi.sock";
+      chmod-socket = "660";
+
+      # mount app on non-root url /srx
+      manage-script-name = true;
+      module = "";
+      mount  = "/srx=searx.webapp:application";
+    };
+
     settings =
       { general.instance_name = "searxwell";
-        server.port = 8083;
         server.base_url = "https://${config.var.hostname}/srx/";
 
         # Replace DOI links with Sci-Hub
@@ -289,6 +304,10 @@
       };
   };
 
+  # Allow nginx access to the uwsgi socket
+  users.groups."searx".members = [ "nginx" ];
+
+
   ### Reverse Proxy
   services.nginx =
     with config.var;
@@ -340,15 +359,13 @@
       };
 
       # Searx instance
-      locations."/srx/" = {
+      locations."/srx/".extraConfig =
-        proxyPass = "http://localhost:8083/";
+        ''
-        extraConfig = ''
+          include ${pkgs.nginx}/conf/uwsgi_params;
-          proxy_set_header X-Scheme $scheme;
+          uwsgi_pass unix:/run/searx/uwsgi.sock;
-          proxy_set_header X-Script-Name /srx/;
-          proxy_buffering off;
         '';
-      };
+      locations."/srx/static/".alias = "${pkgs.searx}/share/static/";
-      
+
       # Git server
       locations."/git/".proxyPass = "http://localhost:3000/";
 
@@ -371,7 +388,7 @@
 
     # The Cactalogue
     virtualHosts."cacta.bit" = {
-      locations."/".alias = "/home/giu/cactalogue/";
+      root = "/home/giu/cactalogue/";
       extraConfig = disableLog;
     };
   };