directory apart from the Nominatim software and change into the directory:
```
-mkdir ~/nominatim-planet
-cd ~/nominatim-planet
+mkdir ~/nominatim-project
+cd ~/nominatim-project
```
In the following, we refer to the project directory as `$PROJECT_DIR`. To be
able to copy&paste instructions, you can export the appropriate variable:
```
-export PROJECT_DIR=~/nominatim-planet
+export PROJECT_DIR=~/nominatim-project
```
The Nominatim tool assumes per default that the current working directory is
This data is available as a binary download. Put it into your project directory:
cd $PROJECT_DIR
- wget https://nominatim.org/data/wikimedia-importance.sql.gz
+ wget https://nominatim.org/data/wikimedia-importance.csv.gz
+ wget -O secondary_importance.sql.gz https://nominatim.org/data/wikimedia-secondary-importance.sql.gz
-The file is about 400MB and adds around 4GB to the Nominatim database.
+The files are about 400MB and add around 4GB to the Nominatim database. For
+more information about importance,
+see [Importance Customization](../customize/Importance.md).
!!! tip
If you forgot to download the wikipedia rankings, then you can
also add importances after the import. Download the SQL files, then
- run `nominatim refresh --wiki-data --importance`. Updating
- importances for a planet will take a couple of hours.
+ run `nominatim refresh --wiki-data --secondary-importance --importance`.
+ Updating importances for a planet will take a couple of hours.
### External postcodes
[photon](https://photon.komoot.io/) database, then you can set up a database
without search indexes. Add `--reverse-only` to your setup command above.
-This saves about 5% of disk space.
+This saves about 5% of disk space, import time won't be significant faster.
### Filtering Imported Data
in terms of RAM usage. osm2pgsql and PostgreSQL are running in parallel at
this point. PostgreSQL blocks at least the part of RAM that has been configured
with the `shared_buffers` parameter during
-[PostgreSQL tuning](Installation.md#postgresql-tuning)
+[PostgreSQL tuning](Installation.md#tuning-the-postgresql-database)
and needs some memory on top of that. osm2pgsql needs at least 2GB of RAM for
its internal data structures, potentially more when it has to process very large
relations. In addition it needs to maintain a cache for node locations. The size
nominatim admin --check-database
```
-Now you can try out your installation by running:
+Now you can try out your installation by executing a simple query on the
+command line:
-```sh
+``` sh
+nominatim search --query Berlin
+```
+
+or, when you have a reverse-only installation:
+
+``` sh
+nominatim reverse --lat 51 --lon 45
+```
+
+If you want to run Nominatim as a service, you need to make a choice between
+running the modern Python frontend and the legacy PHP frontend.
+Make sure you have installed the right packages as per
+[Installation](Installation.md#software).
+
+#### Testing the Python frontend
+
+To run the test server against the Python frontend, you must choose a
+web framework to use, either starlette or falcon. Make sure the appropriate
+packages are installed. Then run
+
+``` sh
nominatim serve
```
-This runs a small test server normally used for development. You can use it
-to verify that your installation is working. Go to
-`http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
-You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`.
+or, if you prefer to use Starlette instead of Falcon as webserver,
+
+``` sh
+nominatim serve --engine starlette
+```
-Note that search query is not supported for reverse-only imports. You can run a
-reverse query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
+Go to `http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
+You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`
+or, for reverse-only installations a reverse query,
+e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
+Do not use this test server in production.
To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please continue reading
-[Deploy the PHP frontend](Deployment-PHP.md) or
[Deploy the Python frontend](Deployment-Python.md).
-## Adding search through category phrases
+#### Testing the PHP frontend
+
+!!! danger
+ The PHP fronted is deprecated and will be removed in Nominatim 5.0.
+
+You can run a small test server with the PHP frontend like this:
+
+```sh
+nominatim serve --engine php
+```
+
+Go to `http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
+You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`
+or, for reverse-only installations a reverse query,
+e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
+
+Do not use this test server in production.
+To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please continue reading
+[Deploy the PHP frontend](Deployment-PHP.md).
+
+
+
+## Enabling search by category phrases
-If you want to be able to search for places by their type through
+To be able to search for places by their type using
[special phrases](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Special_Phrases)
you also need to import these key phrases like this: