drupal/varbase_search_base

A recipe to manage default installed modules, configs and permissions for Varbase search functionality using Search API.

1.0.x-dev 2026-01-11 18:45 UTC

Requires

• drupal/core: ~11.3.0
• drupal/search_api: ~1
• drupal/ultimate_cron: ~2

GPL-2.0-or-later

• Vardot

• search
• recipe
• drupal recipes
• drupal recipe
• search api
• Varbase recipes
• varbase recipe
• database search

README

A recipe to manage default installed modules, configs and permissions for Varbase search functionality using Search API.

This recipe provides a complete search setup including:

• Core Drupal search functionality
• Search API for advanced search capabilities
• Database-based search server configuration
• Cron job management for search indexing

Features

Search API Integration

• Search API: Provides a framework for building custom search solutions
• Search API DB: Database-based search backend for sites without Solr or Elasticsearch
• Database Server: Pre-configured database server with partial matching and autocomplete support

Search Configuration

• Minimum 3 characters for search
• Partial matching enabled for better search results
• Autocomplete support with suffix and word suggestions

Cron Management

• Ultimate Cron: Configurable cron job for search indexing
• Pre-configured search API cron handler

Permissions

The recipe configures search permissions for the following roles:

• Anonymous: Basic search content access
• Authenticated: Basic search content access

Installation

Add the recipe using composer:

composer require drupal/varbase_search_base:~1.0.0

Change directory to /web or /docroot

Run the Drupal recipe bash script:

bash core/scripts/drupal recipe recipes/contrib/varbase_search_base

or

Run the Drush recipe command:

drush recipe recipes/contrib/varbase_search_base

Maintainers

• Vardot

License

GPL-2.0-or-later