CKAN is a free and open-source software suite used by governments and organizations to manage and publish data. In this tutorial, we will explain the steps to install CKAN on FreeBSD latest version.
Before we proceed with the installation of CKAN, you need to make sure that the following prerequisites are installed on your FreeBSD system:
First, we need to install the required packages for CKAN. Run the following commands to install the packages:
sudo pkg install apache24 libxml2 libxslt postgresql96-server py27-pip
We can install CKAN using pip. Run the command below to install the CKAN package:
sudo pip install -e git+https://github.com/ckan/ckan.git#egg=ckan
Next, we need to create a PostgreSQL database for CKAN. Run the following command to create a new database named ckan_default:
sudo -u postgres createdb -O ckanuser ckan_default -E utf-8
We need to configure Solr to work with CKAN. Run the following commands to create a new Solr core:
cd /usr/local/share/solr/example
sudo java -jar start.jar
This will start Solr. In a new terminal window, run the following command to create a new Solr core:
sudo python /usr/local/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/ckan/config/solr/schema.xml http://localhost:8983/solr/ckan
Now, we need to configure CKAN. Run the following commands to edit the CKAN configuration file:
sudo cp /usr/local/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/ckan/config/who.ini /etc/ckan/who.ini
sudo nano /etc/ckan/who.ini
Edit the [app:main] section with the following information:
ckan.site_title = CKAN on FreeBSD
ckan.site_url = http://localhost:5000
sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://ckanuser:YOUR_PASSWORD@localhost/ckan_default
ckan.storage_path = /var/lib/ckan
solr_url = http://localhost:8983/solr/ckan
ckan.plugins = stats text_view image_view recline_view datastore datapusher
Note: Replace YOUR_PASSWORD with your password.
Finally, we can start CKAN. Run the following command to start CKAN:
sudo ckan -c /etc/ckan/who.ini run
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000 to access CKAN.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed CKAN on FreeBSD.
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