How to Install CKAN on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the step-by-step process of installing CKAN on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have:

• A NetBSD machine up and running with root access.
• Python 2.7 or higher and pip installed on your NetBSD machine.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

To install CKAN on NetBSD, we need to install the following dependencies:

pkg_add postgresql13
pkg_add git
pkg_add apache-httpd
pkg_add mod_php74
pkg_add php74-pgsql
pkg_add py38-virtualenv
pkg_add py38-pip

The above commands will install PostgreSQL, Git, Apache HTTPD, PHP, and Python 3.8 with Virtualenv and pip.

Step 2: Setup Virtual Environment

Create a virtual environment for CKAN using the following command:

virtualenv /usr/ckan

To activate the virtual environment, run the following command:

cd /usr/ckan
source bin/activate

Step 3: Install CKAN

Clone the CKAN source code using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/ckan/ckan.git ckan

Navigate to the ckan directory and install the requirements using pip:

cd ckan
pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: Configure CKAN

Edit the development.ini file to configure CKAN:

cp development.ini.example development.ini
nano development.ini

Change the following settings in the development.ini file:

sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://ckan_user:MY_PASSWORD@localhost/ckan_default

ckan.storage_path = /usr/ckan/storage

ckan.site_url = http://localhost:8080

ckan.plugins = stats text_view image_view recline_view datastore datapusher

ckan.max_resource_size = 100

ckan.datapusher.url = http://localhost:8800

Save the changes and exit the editor.

Step 5: Create a Database

Create a new PostgreSQL user and database and grant all privileges to the user:

su - postgres
psql
=# CREATE USER ckan_user WITH PASSWORD 'MY_PASSWORD';
=# CREATE DATABASE ckan_default WITH OWNER=ckan_user ENCODING='utf-8';
=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ckan_default TO ckan_user;

Exit PostgreSQL and return to the root user account.

Step 6: Initialize the Database

Initialize the database using the following command:

paster db init -c /usr/ckan/ckan/development.ini

Step 7: Run CKAN Locally

Start the CKAN web server using the following command:

paster serve /usr/ckan/ckan/development.ini

Visit http://localhost:5000/ in your web browser. You should see the CKAN homepage.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed CKAN on NetBSD.

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