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+#
+# Manticore Search configuration for TorrentPier
+# Migration from Sphinx
+#
+
+source torrentpier
+{
+	type                    = mysql
+	sql_host                = localhost
+	sql_user                = user
+	sql_pass                = pass
+	sql_db                  = dbase
+	sql_query_pre           = SET NAMES utf8
+	sql_query_pre           = SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=utf8
+	sql_query_pre           = SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=utf8
+}
+
+source topics: torrentpier
+{
+	sql_query               = \
+		SELECT topic_id, forum_id, topic_title \
+		FROM bb_topics \
+		WHERE topic_id BETWEEN $start AND $end
+
+	sql_query_range         = SELECT MIN(topic_id), MAX(topic_id) FROM bb_topics
+	sql_range_step          = 100000
+
+	sql_attr_uint           = forum_id
+	sql_ranged_throttle     = 50
+	sql_query_info          = SELECT * FROM bb_topics WHERE topic_id = $id
+}
+
+source posts: torrentpier
+{
+	sql_query               = \
+		SELECT pt.post_id, pt.post_text, t.topic_title, t.topic_id, t.forum_id \
+		FROM bb_posts_text pt \
+			LEFT JOIN bb_topics t on pt.post_id = t.topic_first_post_id \
+		WHERE pt.post_id BETWEEN $start AND $end
+
+	sql_query_range         = SELECT MIN(post_id), MAX(post_id) FROM bb_posts_text
+	sql_range_step          = 100000
+
+	sql_attr_uint           = topic_id
+	sql_attr_uint           = forum_id
+	sql_ranged_throttle     = 50
+	sql_query_info          = SELECT * FROM bb_posts_text WHERE post_id = $id
+}
+
+source users: torrentpier
+{
+	sql_query               = \
+		SELECT user_id, username \
+		FROM bb_users \
+		WHERE user_id BETWEEN $start AND $end
+
+	sql_query_range         = SELECT 1, MAX(user_id) FROM bb_users
+	sql_range_step          = 1000
+	sql_query_info          = SELECT * FROM bb_users WHERE user_id = $id
+}
+
+index topics
+{
+	source                  = topics
+	path                    = /var/lib/manticore/data/topics
+
+	# Text processing settings
+	morphology              = stem_enru
+	charset_table           = 0..9, A..Z->a..z, _, a..z, U+410..U+42C->U+430..U+44C, U+42E..U+42F->U+44E..U+44F, U+430..U+44C, U+44E..U+44F, U+0401->U+0435, U+0451->U+0435, U+042D->U+0435, U+044D->U+0435
+	min_word_len            = 1
+	min_stemming_len        = 4
+
+	# Search features
+	min_prefix_len          = 0
+	min_infix_len           = 0
+	enable_star             = 1
+
+	# HTML and phrase processing
+	html_strip              = 1
+	phrase_boundary         = :, -, ., $
+	phrase_boundary_step    = 1
+
+	# Performance settings
+	docinfo                 = extern
+}
+
+index posts
+{
+	source                  = posts
+	path                    = /var/lib/manticore/data/posts
+
+	# Inherit settings from topics index
+	morphology              = stem_enru
+	charset_table           = 0..9, A..Z->a..z, _, a..z, U+410..U+42C->U+430..U+44C, U+42E..U+42F->U+44E..U+44F, U+430..U+44C, U+44E..U+44F, U+0401->U+0435, U+0451->U+0435, U+042D->U+0435, U+044D->U+0435
+	min_word_len            = 1
+	min_stemming_len        = 4
+	min_prefix_len          = 0
+	min_infix_len           = 0
+	enable_star             = 1
+	html_strip              = 1
+	phrase_boundary         = :, -, ., $
+	phrase_boundary_step    = 1
+	docinfo                 = extern
+}
+
+index users
+{
+	source                  = users
+	path                    = /var/lib/manticore/data/users
+
+	# Simpler settings for usernames
+	charset_table           = 0..9, A..Z->a..z, _, a..z, U+410..U+42C->U+430..U+44C, U+42E..U+42F->U+44E..U+44F, U+430..U+44C, U+44E..U+44F, U+0401->U+0435, U+0451->U+0435, U+042D->U+0435, U+044D->U+0435
+	min_word_len            = 1
+	min_prefix_len          = 0
+	min_infix_len           = 0
+	enable_star             = 1
+	docinfo                 = extern
+}
+
+indexer
+{
+	mem_limit               = 256M
+	max_iops                = 40
+	max_iosize              = 1048576
+}
+
+searchd
+{
+	# Network settings
+	listen                  = 127.0.0.1:9312    # SphinxAPI compatibility port
+	listen                  = 127.0.0.1:9306:mysql41  # MySQL protocol for PDO
+	listen                  = 127.0.0.1:9308:http     # HTTP API
+
+	# Logging
+	log                     = /var/log/manticore/searchd.log
+	query_log               = /var/log/manticore/query.log
+
+	# Performance settings
+	read_timeout            = 5
+	client_timeout          = 300
+	max_children            = 15
+	max_matches             = 5000
+
+	# Process management
+	seamless_rotate         = 1
+	preopen_indexes         = 1
+	unlink_old              = 1
+	pid_file                = /var/run/manticore/searchd.pid
+	
+	# Memory and caching
+	max_packet_size         = 128M
+	listen_backlog          = 5
+
+	# Threading
+	workers                 = threads
+
+	# Data directory
+	data_dir                = /var/lib/manticore
+}