meilisearch_in_render.md

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	DrhYf7zENyR6AlUCKmnz0eYASOQdl6zxH7s7MKFSfFCt
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	DrhYf7zENyR6AlUCKmnz0eYASOQdl6zxH7s7MKFSfFCt
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

Note: If you are still having issues, before creating a new issue, please search for similar issues on our #issues thread on our discord or on our troubleshooting discussion on our Discussion page. If you cannot find a relevant issue, feel free to create a new one and provide as many details as possible.