This magento extension provides integration for Magento CE with a sphinx search server.
sphinxsearch was tested on Magento CE version 1.7.X.X, 1.8.0.0 and 1.9.3.2. It probably works with 1.6.X.X too, but i haven't tested it yet. Earlier versions of Magento won't work without changes in the extension code.
- Use modman (https://github.com/colinmollenhour/modman) for easy installation of this extension. Integration with magento connect will be provided in the near future.
- Logout from magento backend to execute extension setup files.
- Login to backend to configure sphinxsearch under Configuration/Catalog/Sphinx Search Engine.
- Recreate index catalog_search
Please refer to the sphinx installation guide for your server OS.
Just a quick guide for Debian GNU/Linux or Ubuntu:
# apt-get install sphinxsearch- Then copy sphinx.conf.example to /etc/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf and edit according to your database configuration. This config file provides sphinx search server all information to create an its index for all products in your magento shop.
- Edit /etc/default/sphinxsearch (change NO to YES)
- re-create sphinx' index:
# indexer --all - start sphinx search with
# /etc/init.d/sphinxsearch start
Done!
I first integrated sphinx search into Magento 1.4.X.X with the help of this post:
http://tonyhb.com/using-sphinx-within-magento-plus-optimising-search-result-rankings-weights-and-relevancy
You can find this integration by user tonyhb here on github:
https://gist.github.com/2727341
I turned it into a full extension since then.