X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/74be6828dd971abbf670435d8b6db4834778c28d..4cce681ead77ff2e5bdee2e7f1695162c805bbb5:/docs/admin/Advanced-Installations.md?ds=inline diff --git a/docs/admin/Advanced-Installations.md b/docs/admin/Advanced-Installations.md index 98a3b64a..de3c5876 100644 --- a/docs/admin/Advanced-Installations.md +++ b/docs/admin/Advanced-Installations.md @@ -5,6 +5,35 @@ your Nominatim database. It is assumed that you have already successfully installed the Nominatim software itself, if not return to the [installation page](Installation.md). +## Importing with a database user without superuser rights + +Nominatim usually creates its own PostgreSQL database at the beginning of the +import process. This makes usage easier for the user but means that the +database user doing the import needs the appropriate rights. + +If you prefer to run the import with a database user with limited rights, +you can do so by changing the import process as follows: + +1. Run the command for database preparation with a database user with + superuser rights. For example, to use a db user 'dbadmin' for a + database 'nominatim', execute: + + ``` + NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN="pgsql:dbname=nominatim;user=dbadmin" nominatim import --prepare-database + ``` + +2. Grant the import user the right to create tables. For example, foe user 'import-user': + + ``` + psql -d nominatim -c 'GRANT CREATE ON SCHEMA public TO "import-user"' + ``` + +3. Now run the reminder of the import with the import user: + + ``` + NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN="pgsql:dbname=nominatim;user=import-user" nominatim import --continue import-from-file --osm-file file.pbf + ``` + ## Importing multiple regions (without updates) To import multiple regions in your database you can simply give multiple @@ -36,16 +65,15 @@ which has the following structure: ```bash update -    ├── europe -    │   ├── andorra -    │   │   └── sequence.state -    │   └── monaco -    │   └── sequence.state -    └── tmp - └── europe - ├── andorra-latest.osm.pbf - └── monaco-latest.osm.pbf - + ├── europe + │ ├── andorra + │ │ └── sequence.state + │ └── monaco + │ └── sequence.state + └── tmp + └── europe + ├── andorra-latest.osm.pbf + └── monaco-latest.osm.pbf ``` @@ -99,71 +127,44 @@ Change into the project directory and run the following command: 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 +script ([Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de)) provides daily updates. -You can install Nominatim using a database that runs on a different server when -you have physical access to the file system on the other server. Nominatim -uses a custom normalization library that needs to be made accessible to the -PostgreSQL server. This section explains how to set up the normalization -library. +## Using an external PostgreSQL database -### Option 1: Compiling the library on the database server +You can install Nominatim using a database that runs on a different server. +Simply point the configuration variable `NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN` to the +server and follow the standard import documentation. -The most sure way to get a working library is to compile it on the database -server. From the prerequisites you need at least cmake, gcc and the -PostgreSQL server package. +The import will be faster, if the import is run directly from the database +machine. You can easily switch to a different machine for the query frontend +after the import. -Clone or unpack the Nominatim source code, enter the source directory and -create and enter a build directory. +## Moving the database to another machine -```sh -cd Nominatim -mkdir build -cd build -``` - -Now configure cmake to only build the PostgreSQL module and build it: - -``` -cmake -DBUILD_IMPORTER=off -DBUILD_API=off -DBUILD_TESTS=off -DBUILD_DOCS=off -DBUILD_OSM2PGSQL=off .. -make -``` - -When done, you find the normalization library in `build/module/nominatim.so`. -Copy it to a place where it is readable and executable by the PostgreSQL server -process. +For some configurations it may be useful to run the import on one machine, then +move the database to another machine and run the Nominatim service from there. +For example, you might want to use a large machine to be able to run the import +quickly but only want a smaller machine for production because there is not so +much load. Or you might want to do the import once and then replicate the +database to many machines. -### Option 2: Compiling the library on the import machine +The important thing to keep in mind when transferring the Nominatim installation +is that you need to transfer the database _and the project directory_. Both +parts are essential for your installation. -You can also compile the normalization library on the machine from where you -run the import. +The Nominatim database can be transferred using the `pg_dump`/`pg_restore` tool. +Make sure to use the same version of PostgreSQL and PostGIS on source and +target machine. -!!! important - You can only do this when the database server and the import machine have - the same architecture and run the same version of Linux. Otherwise there is - no guarantee that the compiled library is compatible with the PostgreSQL - server running on the database server. +!!! note + Before creating a dump of your Nominatim database, consider running + `nominatim freeze` first. Your database looses the ability to receive further + data updates but the resulting database is only about a third of the size + of a full database. -Make sure that the PostgreSQL server package is installed on the machine -**with the same version as on the database server**. You do not need to install -the PostgreSQL server itself. - -Download and compile Nominatim as per standard instructions. Once done, you find -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. - -### Running the import - -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 `.env` file: - -```php -NOMINATIM_DATABASE_MODULE_PATH="" -``` +Next install nominatim-api on the target machine by following the standard +installation instructions. Again, make sure to use the same version as the +source machine. -Now change the `NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN` to point to your remote server and continue -to follow the [standard instructions for importing](Import.md). +Create a project directory on your destination machine and set up the `.env` +file to match the configuration on the source machine. That's all.