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Migrating a Typesense Ubuntu Server to Another Server: Backup + Restore

Leave a Comment / Typesense, Ubuntu / devproblems / 29 July 2025

Migrating your self-hosted Typesense instance to a new server is a crucial task—whether you’re upgrading hardware, moving to another cloud provider, or just performing server maintenance. This guide walks you through the correct steps to backup, transfer, and restore your Typesense data safely and reliably. Key Concepts Typesense stores your data in the path defined […]

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Troubleshooting Laravel Scout Import When No Records Appear in Search

Leave a Comment / Laravel, Typesense / devproblems / 4 March 2025

Laravel Scout makes full-text searching easy, but sometimes running php artisan scout:import seems to work—showing batches of records being imported—yet when you check your search engine, there are 0 results. I ran into this issue myself and discovered it was due to a missing return statement in the toSearchableArray() method. However, there are multiple possible

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Laravel Scout with Typesense Facet Filters

Leave a Comment / Laravel, Typesense / devproblems / 3 March 2025

Laravel Scout provides a convenient way to integrate search functionality into your application, but when using Typesense, you might notice that facets aren’t included in the default search method. This article demonstrates how to properly add facet filters to your Typesense searches in Laravel Scout. Basic Implementation Here’s a simplified implementation that shows how to

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Fix: Forbidden – a valid x-typesense-api-key header must be sent.

Leave a Comment / Laravel, PHP, Typesense / devproblems / 25 February 2025

You might encounter the following error with Typesense in PHP / Laravel / Scout: While it seems like something is missing, it could also be, because the scope of your API key is too strict. When trying to create a key that has access to all scopes + all permissions, you can check if it

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Typesense on an Ubuntu Server with Let’s Encrypt SSL Setup

Leave a Comment / Typesense / devproblems / 8 March 2024

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PHPTypesenseAdmin – Manage your Typesense Server via a simple PHP admin

Leave a Comment / Typesense / devproblems / 8 March 2024

Introducing PHPTypesenseAdmin: Streamline Your Typesense Management We’re excited to introduce PHPTypesenseAdmin – a sleek, user-friendly administration panel crafted specifically for Typesense, the blazing-fast, open-source search engine designed for instantaneous search experiences. Built with simplicity and efficiency in mind, PHPTypesenseAdmin aims to provide a seamless interface to manage your Typesense instances effortlessly. 🤓😎 More and more

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Expo / React Native with Typesense InstantSearch Adapter

Leave a Comment / Javascript, React Native / Expo, Typesense / devproblems / 5 March 2024

Install Instantsearch according to the guide of Algolia: Install Typesense according to the guide of Typesense: Set up Typesense in your App.js file or a Expo Router file according to the guide of Typesense for React Native. Some settings need to be changed to get it working. You need to create an SearchBox and InfiniteHits

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