Merge pull request #2008 from lonvia/docs-missing-index-migration

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

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@@ -22,6 +22,21 @@ then you can resume with the following command:
 If the reported rank is 26 or higher, you can also safely add `--index-noanalyse`.
 
 
+### PostgreSQL crashed "invalid page in block"
+
+Usually serious problem, can be a hardware issue, not all data written to disc
+for example. Check PostgreSQL log file and search PostgreSQL issues/mailing
+list for hints.
+
+If it happened during index creation you can try rerunning the step with
+
+```sh
+./utils/setup.php --create-search-indices --ignore-errors
+```
+
+Otherwise it's best to start the full setup from the beginning.
+
+
 ### PHP "open_basedir restriction in effect" warnings
 
     PHP Warning:  file_get_contents(): open_basedir restriction in effect.
@@ -38,7 +53,7 @@ by adding ";" at the beginning of the line. Don't forget to enable this setting
 again once you are done with the PHP command line operations.
 
 
-### PHP timzeone warnings
+### PHP timezeone warnings
 
 The Apache log may contain lots of PHP warnings like this:
     `PHP Warning:  date_default_timezone_set() function.`
@@ -156,7 +171,8 @@ Example error message
 
 The PostgreSQL database, i.e. user `postgres`, needs to have access to that file.
 
-The permission need to be read & executable by everybody, e.g.
+The permission need to be read & executable by everybody, but not writeable
+by everybody, e.g.
 
 ```
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 nominatim nominatim 297984 build/module/nominatim.so
@@ -167,6 +183,16 @@ Try `chmod a+r nominatim.so; chmod a+x nominatim.so`.
 When running SELinux, make sure that the
 [context is set up correctly](../appendix/Install-on-Centos-7/#adding-selinux-security-settings).
 
+When you recently updated your operating system, updated PostgreSQL to
+a new version or moved files (e.g. the build directory) you should
+recreate `nominatim.so`. Try
+
+```
+   cd build
+   rm -r module/
+   cmake $main_Nominatim_path && make
+```
+
 ### Setup.php fails with "DB Error: extension not found"
 
 Make sure you have the PostgreSQL extensions "hstore" and "postgis" installed.
@@ -182,22 +208,6 @@ for more information.
 
 ## Running your own instance
 
-### Can I import multiple countries and keep them up to date?
-
-You should use the extracts and updates from https://download.geofabrik.de.
-For the initial import, download the countries you need and merge them.
-See [OSM Help](https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/48843/merging-two-or-more-geographical-areas-to-import-two-or-more-osm-files-in-nominatim)
-for examples how to do that. Use the resulting single osm file when
-running `setup.php`.
-
-For updates you need to download the change files for each country
-once per day and apply them **separately** using
-
-    ./utils/update.php --import-diff <filename> --index
-
-See [this issue](https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim/issues/60#issuecomment-18679446)
-for a script that runs the updates using osmosis.
-
 ### Can I import negative OSM ids into Nominatim?
 
 See [this question of Stackoverflow](https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/64662/nominatim-flatnode-with-negative-id).