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Andrew Sorensen edited this page Apr 6, 2015 · 35 revisions

Base System requirements

Hardware

  • 1GB of ram
  • 2-4 CPU cores

Software

  • Ubuntu 14.04
  • Python 3.4
  • Postgres with PostGIS

Ubuntu 14.04 Package List

  • python3-pip
  • postgresql-server-dev-all
  • psycopg2

Or as one command:



Third Party Modules


Make sure you are installing the python 3.x version of these modules (using your distribution's package manager, pip3 or pip-python3)


    

  • django-filter
    • 

  • django-dashing
    • 

  • django-guardian
    • 

  • django-bootstrap3
    • 

  • requests
    • 

  • djangorestframework
    • 

  • django-bootstrap-navtags
    • 

  • django-formtools
    • 



Getting Started


$ git clone https://github.com/wl-net/dataview.git



Follow the Configuration section to learn how to configure Dataview.


Once configured:


$ python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000



To deploy Dataview with Apache review the Configure Apache section. Navigate to the instance you configured, for example http://DATAVIEW:8000/ to get started.


Configuration


    

  1. Copy dataview/settings.dist.py to dataview/settings.py
    2. 

  2. Set the SECRET_KEY directive.
    3. 

  3. Set the STATIC_ROOT directive to 
    /path/to/dataview/.static
    

    4. 

  4. Configure the DATABASES section.
    5. 

  5. Follow the section on "Postgres Configuration"
    6. 

  6. run 
    python3 manage.py syncdb
    

    7. 

  7. run 
    echo "yes" | python3 manage.py collectstatic
    

    8. 



Detailed documentation of core django configuration options is provided on the djangoproject website:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/settings/


Configure Postgres


    

  1. Change user to the postgres user:
    2. 



# su postgres -


    

  1. Create the user for dataview
    2. 



$ createuser myuser


    

  1. Run the postgres shell:
    2. 



$ psql template1


    

  1. Create the database
    2. 



CREATE DATABASE dataview;


    

  1. Allow access to the database
    2. 



GRANT ALL ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public to "myuser";
GRANT ALL ON ALL SEQUENCES IN SCHEMA public to "myuser";
GRANT ALL ON ALL FUNCTIONS IN SCHEMA public to "myuser";



Note: Press ctrl+d to escape the postgres shell.


    

  1. Login to your new database:
    2. 



$ psql dataview


    

  1. Enable PostGIS:
    2. 



CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;
CREATE EXTENSION fuzzystrmatch;
CREATE EXTENSION postgis_tiger_geocoder;



Run (in test mode):


$ python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000



Configure Apache


$ cp dataview/config/dataview.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/
$ sudo a2ensite dataview
$ sudo service apache2 restart



              


          



  
          

            


            
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