Merge pull request #3521 from lonvia/make-requests-optional

[nominatim.git] / docs / admin / Faq.md

diff --git a/docs/admin/Faq.md b/docs/admin/Faq.md
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--- a/docs/admin/Faq.md
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@@ -37,40 +37,6 @@ nominatim import --continue indexing
 Otherwise it's best to start the full setup from the beginning.
 
 
 Otherwise it's best to start the full setup from the beginning.
 
 

-### PHP "open_basedir restriction in effect" warnings
-
-    PHP Warning:  file_get_contents(): open_basedir restriction in effect.
-
-You need to adjust the
-[open_basedir](https://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.open-basedir)
-setting in your PHP configuration (`php.ini` file). By default this setting may
-look like this:
-
-    open_basedir = /srv/http/:/home/:/tmp/:/usr/share/pear/
-
-Either add reported directories to the list or disable this setting temporarily
-by adding ";" at the beginning of the line. Don't forget to enable this setting
-again once you are done with the PHP command line operations.
-
-
-### PHP timezeone warnings
-
-The Apache log may contain lots of PHP warnings like this:
-    `PHP Warning:  date_default_timezone_set() function.`
-
-You should set the default time zone as instructed in the warning in
-your `php.ini` file. Find the entry about timezone and set it to
-something like this:
-
-    ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
-    ; https://php.net/date.timezone
-    date.timezone = 'America/Denver'
-
-Or
-
-```
-echo "date.timezone = 'America/Denver'" > /etc/php.d/timezone.ini
-```

 
 ### nominatim.so version mismatch
 
 
 ### nominatim.so version mismatch
 


@@ -79,7 +45,7 @@ When running the import you may get a version mismatch:
 
 pg_config seems to use bad includes sometimes when multiple versions
 of PostgreSQL are available in the system. Make sure you remove the
 
 pg_config seems to use bad includes sometimes when multiple versions
 of PostgreSQL are available in the system. Make sure you remove the

-server development libraries (`postgresql-server-dev-9.5` on Ubuntu)
+server development libraries (`postgresql-server-dev-13` on Ubuntu)

 and recompile (`cmake .. && make`).
 
 
 and recompile (`cmake .. && make`).
 
 


@@ -106,11 +72,6 @@ If you are using a flatnode file, then it may also be that the underlying
 filesystem does not fully support 'mmap'. A notable candidate is virtualbox's
 vboxfs.
 
 filesystem does not fully support 'mmap'. A notable candidate is virtualbox's
 vboxfs.
 

-### I see the error: "clang: Command not found" on CentOS
-
-On CentOS 7 users reported `/opt/rh/llvm-toolset-7/root/usr/bin/clang: Command not found`.
-Double-check clang is installed. Instead of `make` try running `make CLANG=true`.
-

 ### nominatim UPDATE failed: ERROR: buffer 179261 is not owned by resource owner Portal
 
 Several users [reported this](https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim/issues/1168)
 ### nominatim UPDATE failed: ERROR: buffer 179261 is not owned by resource owner Portal
 
 Several users [reported this](https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim/issues/1168)


@@ -126,22 +87,6 @@ The server cannot access your database. Add `&debug=1` to your URL
 to get the full error message.
 
 
 to get the full error message.
 
 

-### On CentOS the website shows "Could not connect to server"
-
-`could not connect to server: No such file or directory`
-
-On CentOS v7 the PostgreSQL server is started with `systemd`. Check if
-`/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service` contains a line `PrivateTmp=true`. If
-so then Apache cannot see the `/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432` file. It's a good security
-feature, so use the
-[preferred solution](../appendix/Install-on-Centos-7/#adding-selinux-security-settings).
-
-However, you can solve this the quick and dirty way by commenting out that line and then run
-
-    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-    sudo systemctl restart httpd
-
-

 ### Website reports "DB Error: insufficient permissions"
 
 The user the webserver, e.g. Apache, runs under needs to have access to the
 ### Website reports "DB Error: insufficient permissions"
 
 The user the webserver, e.g. Apache, runs under needs to have access to the


@@ -181,9 +126,6 @@ by everybody, e.g.
 
 Try `chmod a+r nominatim.so; chmod a+x nominatim.so`.
 
 
 Try `chmod a+r nominatim.so; chmod a+x nominatim.so`.
 

-When running SELinux, make sure that the
-[context is set up correctly](../appendix/Install-on-Centos-7/#adding-selinux-security-settings).
-

 When you recently updated your operating system, updated PostgreSQL to
 a new version or moved files (e.g. the build directory) you should
 recreate `nominatim.so`. Try
 When you recently updated your operating system, updated PostgreSQL to
 a new version or moved files (e.g. the build directory) you should
 recreate `nominatim.so`. Try


@@ -194,12 +136,31 @@ recreate `nominatim.so`. Try
    cmake $main_Nominatim_path && make
 ```
 
    cmake $main_Nominatim_path && make
 ```
 

-### Setup.php fails with "DB Error: extension not found"
+### Setup fails with "DB Error: extension not found"

 
 Make sure you have the PostgreSQL extensions "hstore" and "postgis" installed.
 See the installation instructions for a full list of required packages.
 
 
 
 Make sure you have the PostgreSQL extensions "hstore" and "postgis" installed.
 See the installation instructions for a full list of required packages.
 
 

+### UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character
+
+Make sure that the operating system's locale is UTF-8. With some prebuilt
+images (e.g. LXC containers from Proxmox, see
+[discussion](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/discussions/2343)) or
+images that optimize for size it might be missing.
+
+On Ubuntu you can check the locale is installed:
+
+```
+   grep UTF-8 /etc/default/locale
+```
+
+And install it using
+
+```
+   dpkg-reconfigure locales
+```
+

 ### I forgot to delete the flatnodes file before starting an import.
 
 That's fine. For each import the flatnodes file get overwritten.
 ### I forgot to delete the flatnodes file before starting an import.
 
 That's fine. For each import the flatnodes file get overwritten.