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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
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
Setting up the admin password.   Process: 1. Edit jetty.xml To begin you...
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
In this article I'll walk through the steps I went through to install Solr on...
Andrew Fletcher
Looking to install Solr on your server?  Not sure if it worth the...
Andrew Fletcher
The challenge I was facing, I had written a script to scan barcodes and use Google book API to view the contents.  However, a snippet of the JSON response { "contentVersion": "0.2.0.0.preview.0", "panelizationSummary": { "containsEpubBubbles": false, "containsImageBubbles": false }, "imageLinks": { "smallThumbnail": "http://books.google.com/books/content?id=VktTDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api", "thumbnail":...
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...
Andrew Fletcher
Working through a CKAN installation on Ubuntu 20.04 User sees a server 500...