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Andrew Fletcher
  Install the CKAN package Begin by cleaning up your server environment.  Do this by updating Ubuntu’s package index: sudo apt updateNow you can install the packages that CKAN requires (including ‘git’, which will allow you to install CKAN extensions): sudo apt install -y libpq5 redis-server nginx supervisorResponse Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: fontconfig-config...
Andrew Fletcher
If you're planning to create extensions, generating CKAN from source is the...
Andrew Fletcher
git clone git@bitbucket.org:{username}/{repo}.git And I was unceremoniously...
Andrew Fletcher
CKAN extensions - adding to your installation   Following the information...
Andrew Fletcher
Goal: Restrict content access through username and password entry on an Nginx...
Andrew Fletcher
Recently I have been investigating one of my Linux server's speed using the copy [cp] command.  This came about due to 'upgrading' the server from Centos 6 to 7.  Once I had migrated a domain, I ran the following command yes | cp -rf 'stg/core' 'tmpdir'To my surprise, the first run of this command took over 38 minutes to complete.  Crap!  Yes a simple cp -a command is a very painful and slow process.  Read more about the pain and times under Centos 7 in this...
Andrew Fletcher
Reviewing CKAN extensions and listing the extensions that have been created /...
Andrew Fletcher
Location of the base templates cd...
Andrew Fletcher
Finding the issue with a server 500 error The Nginx error logs are showing too...
Andrew Fletcher
Focusing on the ckan.ini file (/etc/ckan/default/ckan.ini).  When I run the...
Andrew Fletcher
Following the instructions on CKAN DataStore with a little information.   Enable the plugin In your CKAN config file (/etc/ckan/default/ckan.ini), update the datastore plugin ckan.plugins = datastore  Set-up the database The DataStore requires a separate PostgreSQL database to save the DataStore resources.  List the existing databases: sudo -u postgres psql -lResponse List of databases Name | Owner | Encoding |...
Andrew Fletcher
Working through a CKAN installation on Ubuntu 20.04 User sees a server 500...
Andrew Fletcher
Before you can run CKAN for the first time, you need to run db init to...
Andrew Fletcher
Images For some time, when looking for images online for your app or site I have...
Andrew Fletcher
Adding an image via RESTUI can be done in a snap... once you know how!  I...