zinc Installation Guide Installation Guide

zinc is a free and open-source search engine. Zinc provides lightweight alternative to Elasticsearch

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 512MB minimum

Storage: 10GB for indices

Network: HTTP/REST API

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 4080 (default zinc port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install zinc
sudo dnf install -y zinc

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now zinc

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=4080/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
zinc --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install zinc
sudo apt install -y zinc

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now zinc

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 4080

# Verify installation
zinc --version

bash

# Install zinc
sudo pacman -S zinc

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now zinc

# Verify installation
zinc --version

bash

# Install zinc
apk add --no-cache zinc

# Enable and start service
rc-update add zinc default
rc-service zinc start

# Verify installation
zinc --version

bash

# Install zinc
sudo zypper install -y zinc

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now zinc

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=4080/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
zinc --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install zinc

# Start service
brew services start zinc

# Verify installation
zinc --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install zinc

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'zinc_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service zinc start

# Verify installation
zinc --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install zinc

# Or using Scoop
scoop install zinc

# Verify installation
zinc --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/zinc

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
zinc --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable zinc

# Start service
sudo systemctl start zinc

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop zinc

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart zinc

# Check status
sudo systemctl status zinc

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u zinc -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add zinc default

# Start service
rc-service zinc start

# Stop service
rc-service zinc stop

# Restart service
rc-service zinc restart

# Check status
rc-service zinc status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'zinc_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service zinc start

# Stop service
service zinc stop

# Restart service
service zinc restart

# Check status
service zinc status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start zinc
brew services stop zinc
brew services restart zinc

# Check status
brew services list | grep zinc

powershell

# Start service
net start zinc

# Stop service
net stop zinc

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service zinc
Stop-Service zinc
Restart-Service zinc

# Check status
Get-Service zinc

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream zinc_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:4080;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name zinc.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name zinc.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/zinc.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/zinc.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://zinc_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName zinc.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://zinc.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName zinc.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/zinc.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/zinc.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:4080/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:4080/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend zinc_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/zinc.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend zinc_backend

backend zinc_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server zinc1 127.0.0.1:4080 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R zinc:zinc /etc/zinc
sudo chmod 750 /etc/zinc

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=4080/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status zinc

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u zinc -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep zinc)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/zinc"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/zinc-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/zinc /var/lib/zinc

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/zinc-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop zinc

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/zinc/zinc-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start zinc

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u zinc -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/zinc/zinc.log

# Check configuration
zinc --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/zinc

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 4080

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 4080

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep zinc)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep zinc)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 4080

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  zinc:
    image: zinc:latest
    ports:
      - "4080:4080"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/zinc
      - ./data:/var/lib/zinc
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update zinc

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade zinc

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu zinc

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade zinc

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update zinc

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade zinc

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/zinc-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/zinc

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart zinc

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/zinc

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/zinc -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/zinc

Official Documentation: https://docs.zinc.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/zinc/zinc

Community Forum: https://forum.zinc.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.zinc.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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