Sphinx has to be configured before we can start using it to create indexes or search. This is done by creating a special configuration file that Sphinx reads while creating an index and searching. The configuration file can be placed anywhere in the file system. The file contains options written in a special format as follows:
section_type1 name { option11 = value11 option12 = value12 option13 = value13 } section_type2 name { option21 = value21 option22 = value22 option23 = value23 }
Each section has a name and some options, as seen in the previous code snippet. A configuration file can have the following types of sections: