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title: "Installing the SearchStax module"
date: "2025-02-12T09:49:18+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to install the SearchStax module for current Drupal versions. Step-by-step guide for seamless integration with Acquia Search."
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This page provides information about how to install the [SearchStax](https://www.drupal.org/project/searchstax) module for the applications running the [current Drupal version](/service-offerings/support/support-users-guide/supported-software-life-cycle#supported-drupal-version). The information is not applicable to Drupal 7 applications.

Important

*   Use the migration module to move an existing index on Drupal to SearchStax while ensuring zero downtime.
*   The initial creation of a server and index must be completed through the Drupal UI within an environment on Cloud Platform.

To install the latest version of the SearchStax module:

1.  Sign in to [SearchStax Studio – Site Search](https://searchstudio.searchstax.com/).
    
2.  Add the [SearchStax Studio module](https://www.drupal.org/project/searchstax) to your codebase with the following command:
    
        composer require 'drupal/searchstax:^1.6'
        drush en searchstax -y
    
3.  Enable the SearchStax module in a non-production environment on Acquia Cloud:
    1.  Sign in to your Drupal site with the Administrator role.
    2.  In the admin menu, click **Extend**.
    3.  Locate and select the following checkboxes:
        *   **SearchStax:** This module redirects searches through appropriate endpoints and enables analytics.
        *   **Solr to SearchStax Site Search Migration:** This module facilitates the migration of indexes.
            
            ![srsx-extend_image](https://acquia.widen.net/content/e970b9bb-bc55-41d4-ae7a-883992cd6e12/web/45fe3_srsx-extend_image.png)
            
    4.  Click **Install**.

Watch this video to learn how to install the SearchStax module:

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax provides new servers, known as apps. Replace your old Acquia Search server configuration with the new SearchStax configuration. Start by logging in to SearchStax to [create a Search app](/node/68491#create-search-app) in the desired cloud region.

Important

*   Acquia recommends that you configure different Search API Solr servers for different environments.
*   Do not to use a single search app across all environments.

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax provides six search apps by default, with one app for each cloud environment. Local environments can use the shared development appliance, purchase additional apps, or use local Solr servers within the local development environment such as [Lando](https://docs.lando.dev/plugins/solr/), [DDEV](https://github.com/ddev/ddev-solr), and [Docksal](https://docs.docksal.io/service/other/apache-solr/). For more information about configuring a local Solr server, visit [Custom Solr configuration](/acquia-cloud-platform/custom-solr-configuration "Custom Solr configuration").

Next step
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[Migrate the server from Drupal to Acquia Search powered by SearchStax](/acquia-cloud-platform/migrating-server-drupal-acquia-search-powered-searchstax "Migrating the server from Drupal to Acquia Search powered by SearchStax")