settings have a `NOMINATIM_` prefix to avoid conflicts with other environment
variables.
-There are lots of configuration settings you can tweak. Have a look
-at `Nominatim/settings/env.default` for a full list. Most should have a sensible default.
+There are lots of configuration settings you can tweak. A full reference
+can be found in the chapter [Configuration Settings](../customize/Settings.md).
+Most should have a sensible default.
#### Flatnode files
This data is available as a binary download. Put it into your project directory:
cd $PROJECT_DIR
- wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/wikimedia-importance.sql.gz
+ wget https://nominatim.org/data/wikimedia-importance.sql.gz
The file is about 400MB and adds around 4GB to the Nominatim database.
!!! tip
- If you forgot to download the wikipedia rankings, you can also add
- importances after the import. Download the files, then run
- `nominatim refresh --wiki-data --importance`. Updating importances for
- a planet can take a couple of hours.
+ If you forgot to download the wikipedia rankings, then you can
+ also add importances after the import. Download the SQL files, then
+ run `nominatim refresh --wiki-data --importance`. Updating
+ importances for a planet will take a couple of hours.
### External postcodes
This data can be optionally downloaded into the project directory:
cd $PROJECT_DIR
- wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/gb_postcodes.csv.gz
- wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/us_postcodes.csv.gz
+ wget https://nominatim.org/data/gb_postcodes.csv.gz
+ wget https://nominatim.org/data/us_postcodes.csv.gz
You can also add your own custom postcode sources, see
-[Customization of postcodes](Customization.md#external-postcode-data).
+[Customization of postcodes](../customize/Postcodes.md).
## Choosing the data to import
database or reuse the space later.
!!! warning
- The datastructure for updates are also required when adding additional data
+ The data structure for updates are also required when adding additional data
after the import, for example [TIGER housenumber data](../customize/Tiger.md).
If you plan to use those, you must not use the `--no-updates` parameter.
Do a normal import, add the external data and once you are done with
If you only want to use the Nominatim database for reverse lookups or
if you plan to use the installation only for exports to a
-[photon](https://photon.komoot.de/) database, then you can set up a database
+[photon](https://photon.komoot.io/) database, then you can set up a database
without search indexes. Add `--reverse-only` to your setup command above.
This saves about 5% of disk space.
in terms of RAM usage. osm2pgsql and PostgreSQL are running in parallel at
this point. PostgreSQL blocks at least the part of RAM that has been configured
with the `shared_buffers` parameter during
-[PostgreSQL tuning](Installation.md#postgresql-tuning)
+[PostgreSQL tuning](Installation.md#tuning-the-postgresql-database)
and needs some memory on top of that. osm2pgsql needs at least 2GB of RAM for
its internal data structures, potentially more when it has to process very large
relations. In addition it needs to maintain a cache for node locations. The size
nominatim admin --check-database
```
-Now you can try out your installation by running:
+Now you can try out your installation by executing a simple query on the
+command line:
-```sh
+``` sh
+nominatim search --query Berlin
+```
+
+or, when you have a reverse-only installation:
+
+``` sh
+nominatim reverse --lat 51 --lon 45
+```
+
+If you want to run Nominatim as a service, you need to make a choice between
+running the modern Python frontend and the legacy PHP frontend.
+Make sure you have installed the right packages as per
+[Installation](Installation.md#software).
+
+#### Testing the Python frontend
+
+To run the test server against the Python frontend, you must choose a
+web framework to use, either starlette or falcon. Make sure the appropriate
+packages are installed. Then run
+
+``` sh
nominatim serve
```
-This runs a small test server normally used for development. You can use it
-to verify that your installation is working. Go to
-`http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
-You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`.
+or, if you prefer to use Starlette instead of Falcon as webserver,
+
+``` sh
+nominatim serve --engine starlette
+```
-Note that search query is not supported for reverse-only imports. You can run a
-reverse query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
+Go to `http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
+You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`
+or, for reverse-only installations a reverse query,
+e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
-To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please read the
-[Deployment chapter](Deployment.md).
+Do not use this test server in production.
+To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please continue reading
+[Deploy the Python frontend](Deployment-Python.md).
-## Tuning the database
+#### Testing the PHP frontend
-Accurate word frequency information for search terms helps PostgreSQL's query
-planner to make the right decisions. Recomputing them can improve the performance
-of forward geocoding in particular under high load. To recompute word counts run:
+You can run a small test server with the PHP frontend like this:
```sh
-nominatim refresh --word-counts
+nominatim serve --engine php
```
-This will take a couple of hours for a full planet installation. You can
-also defer that step to a later point in time when you realise that
-performance becomes an issue. Just make sure that updates are stopped before
-running this function.
+Go to `http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
+You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`
+or, for reverse-only installations a reverse query,
+e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
+
+Do not use this test server in production.
+To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please continue reading
+[Deploy the PHP frontend](Deployment-PHP.md).
+
+
+
+## Enabling search by category phrases
-If you want to be able to search for places by their type through
+To be able to search for places by their type using
[special phrases](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Special_Phrases)
you also need to import these key phrases like this:
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