For compiling:
* [cmake](https://cmake.org/)
- * [libxml2](http://xmlsoft.org/)
- * a recent C++ compiler
-
-Nominatim comes with its own version of osm2pgsql. See the
-osm2pgsql README for additional dependencies required for compiling osm2pgsql.
-
-For running tests:
-
- * [behave](http://pythonhosted.org/behave/)
- * [Psycopg2](https://initd.org/psycopg)
- * [nose](https://nose.readthedocs.io)
- * [phpunit](https://phpunit.de)
+ * [expat](https://libexpat.github.io/)
+ * [proj](https://proj.org/)
+ * [bzip2](http://www.bzip.org/)
+ * [zlib](https://www.zlib.net/)
+ * [Boost libraries](https://www.boost.org/), including system and filesystem
+ * PostgreSQL client libraries
+ * a recent C++ compiler (gcc 5+ or Clang 3.8+)
For running Nominatim:
- * [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org) (9.3 or later)
- * [PostGIS](https://postgis.org) (2.2 or later)
+ * [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org) (9.3 - 11)
+ * [PostGIS](https://postgis.org) (2.2 - 2.5)
+ * [Python 3](https://www.python.org/)
+ * [Psycopg2](https://initd.org/psycopg)
* [PHP](https://php.net) (7.0 or later)
* PHP-pgsql
* PHP-intl (bundled with PHP)
- * [PEAR::DB](https://pear.php.net/package/DB)
* a webserver (apache or nginx are recommended)
+!!! danger "Important"
+ Postgresql 12+ and Postgis 3.0+ are known to cause performance issues. They are
+ not recommended for a production installation at the moment.
+
For running continuous updates:
- * [pyosmium](https://osmcode.org/pyosmium/)
+ * [pyosmium](https://osmcode.org/pyosmium/) (with Python 3)
+
+For running tests:
+
+ * [behave](http://pythonhosted.org/behave/)
+ * [nose](https://nose.readthedocs.io)
+ * [phpunit](https://phpunit.de)
### Hardware
A minimum of 2GB of RAM is required or installation will fail. For a full
-planet import 32GB of RAM or more are strongly recommended.
+planet import 64GB of RAM or more are strongly recommended. Do not report
+out of memory problems if you have less than 64GB RAM.
-For a full planet install you will need at least 700GB of hard disk space
+For a full planet install you will need at least 800GB of hard disk space
(take into account that the OSM database is growing fast). SSD disks
will help considerably to speed up import and queries.
-On a 6-core machine with 32GB RAM and SSDs the import of a full planet takes
-a bit more than 2 days. Without SSDs 7-8 days are more realistic.
-
+Even on a well configured machine the import of a full planet takes
+at least 2 days. Without SSDs 7-8 days are more realistic.
## Setup of the server
make best use of your hardware. You should tune the following parameters in
your `postgresql.conf` file.
- shared_buffers (2GB)
- maintenance_work_mem (10GB)
- work_mem (50MB)
- effective_cache_size (24GB)
+ shared_buffers = 2GB
+ maintenance_work_mem = (10GB)
+ autovacuum_work_mem = 2GB
+ work_mem = (50MB)
+ effective_cache_size = (24GB)
synchronous_commit = off
checkpoint_segments = 100 # only for postgresql <= 9.4
+ max_wal_size = 1GB # postgresql > 9.4
checkpoint_timeout = 10min
checkpoint_completion_target = 0.9
The numbers in brackets behind some parameters seem to work fine for
-32GB RAM machine. Adjust to your setup.
+64GB RAM machine. Adjust to your setup. A higher number for `max_wal_size`
+means that PostgreSQL needs to run checkpoints less often but it does require
+the additional space on your disk.
+
+Autovacuum must not be switched off because it ensures that the
+tables are frequently analysed. If your machine has very little memory,
+you might consider setting:
+
+ autovacuum_max_workers = 1
+
+and even reduce `autovacuum_work_mem` further. This will reduce the amount
+of memory that autovacuum takes away from the import process.
For the initial import, you should also set:
full_page_writes = off
Don't forget to reenable them after the initial import or you risk database
-corruption. Autovacuum must not be switched off because it ensures that the
-tables are frequently analysed.
+corruption.
+
### Webserver setup
projects / nominatim.git / blobdiff