# Installation
-These instructions are designed for setting up The Rails Port for development and testing.
+These instructions are designed for setting up `openstreetmap-website` for development and testing.
If you want to deploy the software for your own project, then see the notes at the end.
You can install the software directly on your machine, which is the traditional and probably best-supported approach. However, there
These instructions are based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which is the platform used by the OSMF servers.
The instructions also work, with only minor amendments, for all other current Ubuntu releases, Fedora and MacOSX
-We don't recommend attempting to develop or deploy this software on Windows. If you need to use Windows, then try developing this software using Ubuntu in a virtual machine, or use [Vagrant](VAGRANT.md).
+We don't recommend attempting to develop or deploy this software on Windows. Some Ruby gems may not be supported. If you need to use Windows the easiest solutions in order are [Docker](DOCKER.md), [Vagrant](VAGRANT.md), and Ubuntu in a virtual machine.
## Dependencies
## Storage setup
-The Rails port needs to be configured with an object storage facility - for
+`openstreetmap-website` needs to be configured with an object storage facility - for
development and testing purposes you can use the example configuration:
```
## Database setup
-The Rails Port uses three databases - one for development, one for testing, and one for production. The database-specific configuration
+`openstreetmap-website` uses three databases - one for development, one for testing, and one for production. The database-specific configuration
options are stored in `config/database.yml`, which we need to create from the example template.
```
bundle exec rake db:create
```
-### PostgreSQL Btree-gist Extension
-
-We need to load the `btree-gist` extension, which is needed for showing changesets on the history tab.
-
-```
-psql -d openstreetmap -c "CREATE EXTENSION btree_gist"
-```
-
### PostgreSQL Functions
We need to install some special functions into the PostgreSQL database: