TantivyEx Guides
View SourceA comprehensive collection of guides to help you get the most out of TantivyEx, from basic setup to advanced production deployment.
Quick Navigation
- New to TantivyEx? Start with Installation & Setup
- Want to try it out? Jump to Quick Start Tutorial
- Need to understand the basics? Read Core Concepts
- Want analytics and reporting? Explore Aggregations
- Need horizontal scaling? Check out Distributed Search
- Performance issues? Check Performance Tuning
- Going to production? Review Production Deployment
- Building integrations? Explore Integration Patterns
Complete Guide Index
📚 Getting Started
Installation & Setup
Learn how to install and configure TantivyEx in your Elixir application. Covers basic installation, configuration options, and verification steps.
Key Topics:
- Basic installation with Mix
- Configuration options
- Environment setup
- Common installation issues
Quick Start Tutorial
A hands-on tutorial that walks you through creating your first search index, adding documents, and performing searches. Perfect for getting a feel for TantivyEx.
Key Topics:
- Creating your first index
- Adding and updating documents
- Basic search operations
- Understanding search results
🏗️ Understanding TantivyEx
Core Concepts
Deep dive into the fundamental concepts that power TantivyEx. Essential reading for understanding how everything works together.
Key Topics:
- Schemas and field types
- Document structure
- Indexing process
- Search mechanics
- Tokenization
⚡ Optimization & Performance
Performance Tuning
Comprehensive guide to optimizing TantivyEx for your specific use case. Learn about indexing performance, search optimization, and memory management.
Key Topics:
- Indexing performance optimization
- Search query optimization
- Memory management
- Monitoring and profiling
- Hardware considerations
Production Deployment
Everything you need to know about deploying TantivyEx in production environments. Covers scalability, monitoring, backup strategies, and operational best practices.
Key Topics:
- Production configuration
- Scalability patterns
- Monitoring and observability
- Backup and recovery
- Security considerations
- Operational procedures
🔧 Advanced Topics
Aggregations
Comprehensive guide to data aggregation and analytics using TantivyEx. Learn how to perform complex data analysis, generate reports, and extract insights from your search data.
Key Topics:
- Bucket aggregations (terms, histogram, date_histogram, range)
- Metric aggregations (avg, min, max, sum, stats, percentiles)
- Nested aggregations and sub-aggregations
- Elasticsearch-compatible aggregation API
- Performance optimization for large datasets
- Real-world examples and use cases
[Distributed Search](otp-distributed-implementation.md
Complete guide to distributed search capabilities in TantivyEx. Learn how to coordinate search operations across multiple nodes, implement load balancing, and scale horizontally.
Key Topics:
- Distributed search coordinator setup
- Node management and load balancing
- Result merging strategies
- Cluster health monitoring
- Failover and error handling
- Performance optimization for distributed environments
- Integration patterns with Phoenix and GenServer
Integration Patterns
Advanced patterns for integrating TantivyEx with web frameworks, databases, and other systems. Learn about real-time indexing, distributed search, and complex architectures.
Key Topics:
- Phoenix/LiveView integration
- Database synchronization
- Real-time indexing patterns
- Distributed search architectures
- Event-driven indexing
- Custom tokenizers and analyzers
Additional Resources
API Documentation
- Schema Management
- Document Operations
- Indexing
- Search Operations
- Search Results
- Tokenizers
- Aggregations
- OTP Distributed Search
Community & Support
This guide index provides a comprehensive overview of all TantivyEx documentation. Each guide is designed to be self-contained while providing cross-references to related topics.