Configure a Search Engine

The theme include the following Search Engine connectors:

• GhostHunter: included into the theme
• ElasticSearch: you have to configure the ElasticSearch server on your side. Here, a post that explain you how to use Elasticsearch as search engine for your Ghost blog

Note: if no search engine is configured, the search bar does not appear

GhostHunter

To configure GhostHunter as your Search Engine, you must follow this steps:

1. Create a Custom integration named GhostHunter
2. Copy the Content API Key
3. From the Ghost Code injection, insert the following code into the Site Header

   <script type="text/javascript">
       var ghosthunter_key = '<YOUR_CONTENT_API_KEY>';
   </script>

Elasticsearch

To configure Elasticsearch as your Search Engine, you must follow this steps:

1. From the Ghost Code injection, insert the following code into the Site Header

   <script type="text/javascript">
       var elasticsearch_username = '<ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME>';
       var elasticsearch_password = '<ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD>';
       var elasticsearch_auth = btoa(elasticsearch_username + ":" + elasticsearch_password);
   </script>

2. If you Elasticsearch endpoint URL is different than the suggested one (/api/search), then precise the URL in addition to the other information:

   var elasticsearch_endpoint = 'https://my-elasticsearch.com';