9 *Note:* these installation instructions are also available in executable
10 form for use with vagrant under vagrant/Install-on-Ubuntu-16.sh.
12 Installing the Required Software
13 ================================
15 These instructions expect that you have a freshly installed Ubuntu 16.04.
17 Make sure all packages are are up-to-date by running:
21 sudo apt-get update -qq
23 Now you can install all packages needed for Nominatim:
25 sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake g++ libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \
26 libboost-filesystem-dev libexpat1-dev zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev\
27 libbz2-dev libpq-dev libgeos-dev libgeos++-dev libproj-dev \
28 postgresql-server-dev-9.5 postgresql-9.5-postgis-2.2 postgresql-contrib-9.5 \
29 apache2 php php-pgsql libapache2-mod-php php-pear php-db \
32 If you want to run the test suite, you need to install the following
35 sudo apt-get install -y python3-setuptools python3-dev python3-pip \
36 python3-psycopg2 python3-tidylib phpunit php-cgi
38 pip3 install --user behave nose # urllib3
39 sudo pear install PHP_CodeSniffer
45 The following steps are meant to configure a fresh Ubuntu installation
46 for use with Nominatim. You may skip some of the steps if you have your
47 OS already configured.
49 Creating Dedicated User Accounts
50 --------------------------------
52 Nominatim will run as a global service on your machine. It is therefore
53 best to install it under its own separate user account. In the following
54 we assume this user is called nominatim and the installation will be in
55 /srv/nominatim. To create the user and directory run:
57 sudo useradd -d /srv/nominatim -s /bin/bash -m nominatim
59 You may find a more suitable location if you wish.
61 To be able to copy and paste instructions from this manual, export
62 user name and home directory now like this:
64 export USERNAME=nominatim
65 export USERHOME=/srv/nominatim
67 **Never, ever run the installation as a root user.** You have been warned.
69 Make sure that system servers can read from the home directory:
76 Tune the postgresql configuration, which is located in
77 `/etc/postgresql/9.5/main/postgresql.conf`. See section *Postgres Tuning* in
78 [the installation page](Installation.md) for the parameters to change.
80 Restart the postgresql service after updating this config file.
82 sudo systemctl restart postgresql
85 Finally, we need to add two postgres users: one for the user that does
86 the import and another for the webserver which should access the database
90 sudo -u postgres createuser -s $USERNAME
91 sudo -u postgres createuser www-data
94 Setting up the Apache Webserver
95 -------------------------------
97 You need to create an alias to the website directory in your apache
98 configuration. Add a separate nominatim configuration to your webserver:
101 sudo tee /etc/apache2/conf-available/nominatim.conf << EOFAPACHECONF
102 <Directory "$USERHOME/Nominatim/build/website">
103 Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
104 AddType text/html .php
105 DirectoryIndex search.php
109 Alias /nominatim $USERHOME/Nominatim/build/website
116 Then enable the configuration and restart apache
119 sudo a2enconf nominatim
120 sudo systemctl restart apache2
126 Building and Configuration
127 --------------------------
129 Get the source code from Github and change into the source directory
134 git clone --recursive git://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim.git
141 When installing the latest source from github, you also need to
142 download the country grid:
145 wget -O data/country_osm_grid.sql.gz https://www.nominatim.org/data/country_grid.sql.gz
148 The code must be built in a separate directory. Create this directory,
149 then configure and build Nominatim in there:
154 cmake $USERHOME/Nominatim
157 You need to create a minimal configuration file that tells nominatim
158 where it is located on the webserver:
161 tee settings/local.php << EOF
163 @define('CONST_Website_BaseURL', '/nominatim/');
168 Nominatim is now ready to use. Continue with
169 [importing a database from OSM data](Import-and-Update.md).