installed the Nominatim software itself, if not return to the
[installation page](Installation.md).
-## Importing multiple regions
+## Importing multiple regions (without updates)
-To import multiple regions in your database, you need to configure and run `utils/import_multiple_regions.sh` file. This script will set up the update directory which has the following structure:
+To import multiple regions in your database you can simply give multiple
+OSM files to the import command:
+
+```
+nominatim import --osm-file file1.pbf --osm-file file2.pbf
+```
+
+If you already have imported a file and want to add another one, you can
+use the add-data function to import the additional data as follows:
+
+```
+nominatim add-data --file <FILE>
+nominatim refresh --postcodes
+nominatim index -j <NUMBER OF THREADS>
+```
+
+Please note that adding additional data is always significantly slower than
+the original import.
+
+## Importing multiple regions (with updates)
+
+If you want to import multiple regions _and_ be able to keep them up-to-date
+with updates, then you can use the scripts provided in the `utils` directory.
+
+These scripts will set up an `update` directory in your project directory,
+which has the following structure:
```bash
update
│ └── monaco
│ └── sequence.state
└── tmp
- ├── combined.osm.pbf
└── europe
├── andorra-latest.osm.pbf
└── monaco-latest.osm.pbf
```
-The `sequence.state` files will contain the sequence ID, which will be used by pyosmium to get updates. The tmp folder is used for import dump.
-
-### Configuring multiple regions
-
-The file `import_multiple_regions.sh` needs to be edited as per your requirement:
-
-1. List of countries. eg:
-
- COUNTRIES="europe/monaco europe/andorra"
-
-2. Path to Build directory. eg:
+The `sequence.state` files contain the sequence ID for each region. They will
+be used by pyosmium to get updates. The `tmp` folder is used for import dump and
+can be deleted once the import is complete.
- NOMINATIMBUILD="/srv/nominatim/build"
-
-3. Path to Update directory. eg:
-
- UPDATEDIR="/srv/nominatim/update"
-
-4. Replication URL. eg:
-
- BASEURL="https://download.geofabrik.de"
- DOWNCOUNTRYPOSTFIX="-latest.osm.pbf"
-
-!!! tip
- If your database already exists and you want to add more countries, replace the setting up part
- `${SETUPFILE} --osm-file ${UPDATEDIR}/tmp/combined.osm.pbf --all 2>&1`
- with `${UPDATEFILE} --import-file ${UPDATEDIR}/tmp/combined.osm.pbf 2>&1`.
### Setting up multiple regions
-Run the following command from your Nominatim directory after configuring the file.
-
- bash ./utils/import_multiple_regions.sh
-
-!!! danger "Important"
- This file uses osmium-tool. It must be installed before executing the import script.
- Installation instructions can be found [here](https://osmcode.org/osmium-tool/manual.html#installation).
-
-### Updating multiple regions
-
-To import multiple regions in your database, you need to configure and run ```utils/update_database.sh```.
-This uses the update directory set up while setting up the DB.
+Create a project directory as described for the
+[simple import](Import.md#creating-the-project-directory). If necessary,
+you can also add an `.env` configuration with customized options. In particular,
+you need to make sure that `NOMINATIM_REPLICATION_UPDATE_INTERVAL` and
+`NOMINATIM_REPLICATION_RECHECK_INTERVAL` are set according to the update
+interval of the extract server you use.
-### Configuring multiple regions
+Copy the scripts `utils/import_multiple_regions.sh` and `utils/update_database.sh`
+into the project directory.
-The file `update_database.sh` needs to be edited as per your requirement:
+Now customize both files as per your requirements
-1. List of countries. eg:
+1. List of countries. e.g.
COUNTRIES="europe/monaco europe/andorra"
-2. Path to Build directory. eg:
+2. URL to the service providing the extracts and updates. eg:
- NOMINATIMBUILD="/srv/nominatim/build"
-
-3. Path to Update directory. eg:
-
- UPDATEDIR="/srv/nominatim/update"
-
-4. Replication URL. eg:
-
BASEURL="https://download.geofabrik.de"
- DOWNCOUNTRYPOSTFIX="-updates"
+ DOWNCOUNTRYPOSTFIX="-latest.osm.pbf"
-5. Followup can be set according to your installation. eg: For Photon,
+5. Followup in the update script can be set according to your installation.
+ E.g. for Photon,
FOLLOWUP="curl http://localhost:2322/nominatim-update"
will handle the indexing.
+
+To start the initial import, change into the project directory and run
+
+```
+ bash import_multiple_regions.sh
+```
+
### Updating the database
-Run the following command from your Nominatim directory after configuring the file.
+Change into the project directory and run the following command:
- bash ./utils/update_database.sh
+ bash update_database.sh
-This will get diffs from the replication server, import diffs and index the database. The default replication server in the script([Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de)) provides daily updates.
+This will get diffs from the replication server, import diffs and index
+the database. The default replication server in the
+script([Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de)) provides daily updates.
## Importing Nominatim to an external PostgreSQL database
the PostgreSQL server itself.
Download and compile Nominatim as per standard instructions. Once done, you find
-the nomrmalization library in `build/module/nominatim.so`. Copy the file to
+the normalization library in `build/module/nominatim.so`. Copy the file to
the database server at a location where it is readable and executable by the
PostgreSQL server process.
On the client side you now need to configure the import to point to the
correct location of the library **on the database server**. Add the following
-line to your your `settings/local.php` file:
+line to your your `.env` file:
```php
-@define('CONST_Database_Module_Path', '<directory on the database server where nominatim.so resides>');
+NOMINATIM_DATABASE_MODULE_PATH="<directory on the database server where nominatim.so resides>"
```
-Now change the `CONST_Database_DSN` to point to your remote server and continue
+Now change the `NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN` to point to your remote server and continue
to follow the [standard instructions for importing](/admin/Import).
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