In the earlier chapters we dealt with Sphinx and learnt how it works. We created several indexes and wrote different types of search applications. While doing so we saw the most frequently used Sphinx configuration options.

In this chapter, we will see some more configuration options that will allow you to tailor Sphinx to your needs. There are numerous configuration options available to make Sphinx work exactly the way you want it to. All these are defined in the heart of Sphinx, that is, its configuration file.