How to install CKAN 2.3 from source on Mac OS X 10.9.5 with Macports - ckan/ckan GitHub Wiki

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Tested with CKAN 2.3

This is based on the Ubuntu 10.04 source install instructions from docs.ckan.org.

  1. Install Macports. Macports is a free third-party package manager for OS X that installs software packages into /opt/local. We'll use Macports to install some of CKAN's dependencies.

  2. Install CKAN dependencies:

    postgresql sudo port install postgresql94 postgresql94-server solr sudo port install solr4 npm and node sudo port install npm node

  3. Install CKAN into a Python virtual environment.

    Recommend the official documents

    a. Create a Python [virtual environment] to install CKAN into, and activate it:

    python virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper

    sudo easy_install pip
sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
mkvirtualenv --no-site-packages ckan
workon ckan
pip install ckan==2.3

    b. Install the CKAN source code into your virtualenv. To install the latest stable release of CKAN(2.3), run:

    pip install ckan==2.3

    or latest:

    pip install ckan'

    c. Starting PostgreSQL on Mac OS X: -- important

    sudo su postgres
    pg_ctl start
    [or] pg_ctl -D /Library/Postgresql/9.3/data start|stop|restart|status

    Check the server is running:

    lsof -i:5432

    TODO How to make PostgreSQL automatically?

  4. Setup a PostgreSQL database: See the Official Document(step 3)

    List existing databases:

    sudo -u postgres psql -l

    a. Create a database user.

    sudo -u postgres createuser -S -D -R -P ckan_default

    b. Create a new PostgreSQL database.

    sudo -u postgres createdb -O ckan_default ckan_default -E utf-8

    It's OK.

  5. Create a CKAN config file

    Create a directory to contain the site's config files:

    sudo mkdir -p /etc/ckan/default
    sudo chown -R 'whoami' /etc/ckan/

    Change to the ckan directory and create a CKAN config file:

    (default): cd /usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan
    (default): paster make-config ckan /etc/ckan/default/development.ini

    Edit the development.ini

    vi /etc/ckan/default/development.ini
    sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://ckan_default:<pass>@localhost/ckan_default

  6. Create database tables

    (default): cd /usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan
    (default): paster db init -c /etc/ckan/default/development.ini

    You should see Initialising DB: SUCCESS

  7. Link to who.ini

    ln -s /usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/who.ini /etc/ckan/default/who.ini

  8. Install, configure and start Solr:

    # brew tap homebrew/versions
    brew install solr14
    # brew untap homebrew/versions

    Info: You can download Solr other versions and configure it .

    Now you need to set solr's schema.xml file:

    cd /usr/local/Cellar/solr14/1.4.1/libexec/example
    sudo mv solr/conf/schema.xml solr/conf/schema.xml.backup
    sudo ln -s /usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/ckan/config/solr/schema.xml solr/conf/schema.xml

  9. Install Tomcat(Using it replace Jetty)

    If you are familiar with solr-jetty configuration, recommend use the Jetty.

    a. Download Apache Tomcat(apache-tomcat-7.0.56.tar.gz)

    tar -zxvf apache-tomcat-7.0.56.tar.gz
    mv apache-tomcat-7.0.56/ /usr/local/apache-tomcat(your path)

    b. Configure Apache Tomcat:

    1. Copy solr.war to tomcat webapp/ directory:

    sudo cp /usr/local/Cellar/solr14/1.4.1/libexec/example/webapp/solr.war /usr/local/apache-tomcat/webapp/solr.war

    1. Starting apache-tomcat, unzip the solr.war:

    /usr/local/apache-tomcat/bin/startup.sh

    1. Closing apache-tomcat:

    /usr/local/apache-tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh

    1. Configure:

    cd /usr/local/apache-tomcat/webapp/solr/WEB-INF
    vi web.xml

    1. Add the following code:

    <env-entry>
    <env-entry-name>solr/home</env-entry-name>
    <env-entry-value>/usr/local/Cellar/solr14/1.4.1/libexec/example/solr</env-entry-value>
    <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
    </env-entry>

    Warning: the env-entry-value is solr related configuration and index. (e.g. schema.xml)

    1. Set the apache-tomcat port(default: 8080): -- (optional)

    cd /usr/local/apache-tomcat/conf
    vi server.xml

    <Connector port="8983" protocol="HTTP/1.1" -- set:8983
    connectionTimeout="20000"
    redirectPort="8443" />

    1. Running Apache Tomcat:

    /usr/local/apache-tomcat/bin/startup.sh

    Open http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr in a web browser, it does work.

    TODO How to make Tomcat start automatically?

  10. You're done!

    (default):cd /usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan
    (default):paster serve /etc/ckan/default/development.ini

    Open http://127.0.0.1:5000 in a web browser, and you should see the CKAN front page.

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