X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org/nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/1ee636461c3fe1925731691985161a19cea64247..e7b738fe35a2ec13efdc22c9f068c477182da6c3:/docs/admin/Installation.md diff --git a/docs/admin/Installation.md b/docs/admin/Installation.md index 67c4fe3c..3d276c06 100644 --- a/docs/admin/Installation.md +++ b/docs/admin/Installation.md @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +# Basic Installation + This page contains generic installation instructions for Nominatim and its prerequisites. There are also step-by-step instructions available for the following operating systems: @@ -15,9 +17,9 @@ and can't offer support. * [Docker on Kubernetes](https://github.com/peter-evans/nominatim-k8s) * [Ansible](https://github.com/synthesio/infra-ansible-nominatim) -# Prerequisites +## Prerequisites -## Software +### Software For compiling: @@ -49,22 +51,22 @@ For running continuous updates: * [pyosmium](http://osmcode.org/pyosmium/) -## Hardware +### Hardware A minimum of 2GB of RAM is required or installation will fail. For a full planet import 32GB of RAM or more strongly are recommended. -For a full planet install you will need about 600GB of hard disk space (as of -January 2017, take into account that the OSM database is growing fast). SSD disks +For a full planet install you will need at least 700GB 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. -# Setup of the server +## Setup of the server -## PostgreSQL tuning +### PostgreSQL tuning You might want to tune your PostgreSQL installation so that the later steps make best use of your hardware. You should tune the following parameters in @@ -91,13 +93,13 @@ 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. -## Webserver setup +### Webserver setup The `website/` directory in the build directory contains the configured website. Include the directory into your webbrowser to serve php files from there. -### Configure for use with Apache +#### Configure for use with Apache Make sure your Apache configuration contains the required permissions for the directory and create an alias: @@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ build directory. After making changes in the apache config you need to restart apache. The website should now be available on http://localhost/nominatim. -### Configure for use with Nginx +#### Configure for use with Nginx Use php-fpm as a deamon for serving PHP cgi. Install php-fpm together with nginx.