Utilize Meilisearch by running LibreChat on Render
Create a new account or a new project on Render
1.
Visit
https://render.com/
and click on
Start Free
to create an account and sign in
2. Access your control panel
3.
Select
New
and then
Web Service
4.
Add
https://github.com/itzraiss/Meilisearch
to the public repositories section and click
continue
5.
Assign a unique name and proceed with the free option and click on the
create web service
button at the bottom of the page
Click on Advanced to add Environment Variables
Add the Environment Variables
1.
To manually add the
Environment Variables
- You need to use
Add Environment Variables
and add them one at a time, as adding a secret file will not work in our case.
2. You need to enter these values:
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| MEILI_HOST | http://meilisearch:7700 |
| MEILI_HTTP_ADDR | meilisearch:7700 |
| MEILI_MASTER_KEY | Create a 44 character alphanunmeric key |
| MEILI_NO_ANALYTICS | true |
Deployment
1. Everything is set up, now all you need to do is click on 'Create Web Service'. This will take a few seconds
3.
Once it's ready, you'll see
your service is live 🎉
in the console and the green
Live
icon at the top
Get URL Address
Once you get the message:
your service is live 🎉
, copy the URL address of your project in the top left corner of Render:
In LibreChat Project
Now, insert the below environment variable values into your LibreChat project (Replace MEILI_HOST by adding the URL address of your Render's Meilisearch project that you copied):
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| MEILI_HOST | Your Render project's Meilisearch URL |
| MEILI_HTTP_ADDR | meilisearch:7700 |
| MEILI_MASTER_KEY | Use the key created for Meilisearch |
| MEILI_NO_ANALYTICS | true |
| SEARCH | true |
Deployment
1.
Now, click on
Manual Deployment
and select
Clear build cache & Deploy
. It will take a few minutes
3.
Once it's ready, you'll see
your service is live 🎉
in the console and the green
Live
icon at the top
Conclusion
Now, you should be able to perform searches again, congratulations, you have successfully deployed Meilisearch on render.com