Merge pull request #2310 from RhinoDevel/master

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

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@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Updating the Database
 
 There are many different ways to update your Nominatim database.
-The following section describes how to keep it up-to-date with Pyosmium.
-For a list of other methods see the output of `./utils/update.php --help`.
+The following section describes how to keep it up-to-date using
+an [online replication service for OpenStreetMap data](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm/diffs)
+For a list of other methods to add or update data see the output of
+`nominatim add-data --help`.
 
 !!! important
     If you have configured a flatnode file for the import, then you
@@ -17,15 +19,6 @@ Run (as the same user who will later run the updates):
 pip3 install --user osmium
 ```
 
-Nominatim needs a tool called `pyosmium-get-changes` which comes with
-Pyosmium. You need to tell Nominatim where to find it. Add the
-following line to your `.env`:
-
-    NOMINATIM_PYOSMIUM_BINARY=/home/user/.local/bin/pyosmium-get-changes
-
-The path above is fine if you used the `--user` parameter with pip.
-Replace `user` with your user name.
-
 #### Setting up the update process
 
 Next the update needs to be initialised. By default Nominatim is configured
@@ -37,30 +30,26 @@ diffs for Ireland from Geofabrik add the following:
 
     # base URL of the replication service
     NOMINATIM_REPLICATION_URL="https://download.geofabrik.de/europe/ireland-and-northern-ireland-updates"
-    # How often upstream publishes diffs
+    # How often upstream publishes diffs (in seconds)
     NOMINATIM_REPLICATION_UPDATE_INTERVAL=86400
-    # How long to sleep if no update found yet
+    # How long to sleep if no update found yet (in seconds)
     NOMINATIM_REPLICATION_RECHECK_INTERVAL=900
 
 To set up the update process now run the following command:
 
-    ./utils/update.php --init-updates
+    nominatim replication --init
 
 It outputs the date where updates will start. Recheck that this date is
 what you expect.
 
-The `--init-updates` command needs to be rerun whenever the replication service
-is changed.
+The `replication --init` command needs to be rerun whenever the replication
+service is changed.
 
 #### Updating Nominatim
 
 The following command will keep your database constantly up to date:
 
-    ./utils/update.php --import-osmosis-all
-
-(Note that even though the old name "import-osmosis-all" has been kept for
-compatibility reasons, Osmosis is not required to run this - it uses pyosmium
-behind the scenes.)
+    nominatim replication
 
 If you have imported multiple country extracts and want to keep them
 up-to-date, [Advanced installations section](Advanced-Installations.md) contains instructions