# indextank-service

**Repository Path**: mirrors_linkedin/indextank-service

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: indextank-service
- **Description**: The API, BackOffice, Storefront, and Nebulizer for IndexTank
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-09
- **Last Updated**: 2026-03-21

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

About IndexTank Service
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IndexTank Service (http://indextank.com) contains the source code for implementing the Search-as-a-Service platform. It contains the components that allow managing user accounts, server instances (worker) and index instances (deploy); it depends on IndexTank Engine (https://github.com/linkedin/indextank-engine) binary.

### Homepage:

Find out more about at: TBD

### License:

Apache Public License (APL) 2.0

### Components:

1. API
2. Backoffice
3. Storefront
4. Nebu

### Dependencies:

* Django 1.2.x ( tested with 1.2.7, not compatible with 1.3.x )
* Python tested with 2.6.6
* Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment tested with build 1.6.0_24-b07
* nginx
* uWSGI (http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/)
* MySQL
* daemontools (http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html)
* Thrift library (generated sources with version 0.5.0 are provided) source definition: https://github.com/linkedin/indextank-engine/blob/master/thrift/document.thrift

### Getting started:

1. Create the database schema (python manage.py syncdb).
2. Create an account.
3. Start an index instance (IndexTank Engine).
4. Start API.

## API

Django application implementing the REST JSON API, enables index management per account, indexing functions and search. Interacts via Thrift with specific index instances (deploy).

## Backoffice

Django application that allows manual administration.

## Storefront

Django application with the service web, contains the user registration form (allows creating accounts).

## Nebu

Index, deploy & worker manager. A worker (server instance) may contain a deploy (index instance) or many.