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start_services.cmd

@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ if "%1"=="full" (
     echo Starting partial deployment... (backend run on host), use "full" to run all services in containers
 )
 
+where openssl >nul 2>&1
+if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
+    for /f %%i in ('openssl rand -hex 32') do set SEARXNG_SECRET_KEY=%%i
+) else (
+    where python3 >nul 2>&1
+    if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
+        for /f %%i in ('python3 -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))"') do set SEARXNG_SECRET_KEY=%%i
+    ) else (
+        echo Error: Neither openssl nor python is available to generate a secret key.
+        exit /b 1
+    )
+)
+
 REM Stop all containers
 echo Stopping containers...
 docker stop $(docker ps -aq) >nul 2>&1