# Speicherort für den Datenbank-Index
 index mein_sphinx_index
 {
     source        = meine_quelle
     path          = /var/lib/sphinxsearch/mein_sphinx_index
     docinfo       = extern
     charset_type  = utf-8
 }
[...]
 # Mehr Speicher bereitstellen
 indexer
 {
     mem_limit    = 256M
     write_buffer = 8M
 }
[...]
 # Such-Daemon vorbereiten
 searchd
 {
     listen                  = 9312
     listen                  = 9306:mysql41
     pid_file                = /var/run/sphinxsearch/searchd.pid
     max_matches             = 1000
 }