[tor-bugs] #25322 [Internal Services/Tor Sysadmin Team]: Finding a way to serve search.tpo for the different portals

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#25322: Finding a way to serve search.tpo for the different portals
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     Reporter:  hiro                                 |      Owner:  tpa
         Type:  defect                               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                               |  Milestone:
    Component:  Internal Services/Tor Sysadmin Team  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                               |   Keywords:
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 Hi,

 I have a machine that will be serving search results for the coming web
 portals.
 This is a Solr installation + a pyramid app to display the search results
 in html.

 This machine lives on 195.201.2.191.

 Since the portals are static html pages, I am trying to think of a way so
 that at the local url '/search' we can serve the search result of the
 search service.

 So for example support.torproject.org/search would display the search
 results for the support portal from 195.201.2.191.

 Now there are a few issues that we should consider.

 1. Onion service
 The search service will be behind its own onion service.

 2. Could we just offer a redirect through htaccess?

 3. should we have a search.tpo service and that's it?

 Points 2. and 3. could be complicated in terms of user experience. I'd say
 that if a user search something they do not necessarly expect to be taken
 to a different window or different page.

 Any other ideas are welcomed.

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