How to Install CKAN on Fedora CoreOS Latest

CKAN is an open source data portal platform which can be used for managing and sharing datasets. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of CKAN on Fedora CoreOS Latest. Follow the steps below to get started.

Prerequisites

Before installing CKAN, you need to make sure that the following requirements are met:

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest
• Logged in as a root or a superuser
• Ensure that your system is up to date by running dnf update

Step 1: Install CKAN Dependencies

To install CKAN on Fedora CoreOS, you need to install some dependencies. The following packages need to be installed:

dnf install postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-devel python3 python3-pip python3-devel gcc gcc-c++ git libxml2-devel libxslt-devel -y

Once the packages are installed successfully, start the PostgreSQL server and enable it to run on boot.

systemctl enable postgresql
systemctl start postgresql

Step 2: Install CKAN

We will install CKAN using pip, which is a package manager for Python. Run the following command to install CKAN:

pip3 install -e git+https://github.com/ckan/ckan.git#egg=ckan

Once the installation is completed, create a default CKAN configuration file using the following command:

paster make-config ckan /etc/ckan/default.ini

Step 3: Configure PostgreSQL for CKAN

Configure PostgreSQL so that CKAN can access the database. Create a new database user by running the following commands:

su - postgres
createuser -P ckan_default

Enter a password for the database user when prompted.

Next, we need to create a new database for CKAN. Run the following commands:

createdb -O ckan_default ckan_default -E utf-8
exit

Edit the /etc/ckan/default.ini file and update the following section with the database details:

sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://ckan_default:{{ password_of_ckan_default }}@localhost/ckan_default

Step 4: Run CKAN Server

To run the CKAN server, run the following command:

paster serve /etc/ckan/default.ini

CKAN should now be accessible at http://localhost:5000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the installation process of CKAN on Fedora CoreOS Latest. You should now be able to access the CKAN web interface and start managing your datasets.

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