Install virtualbox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
Build a Linux VM from Ubuntu 12.04: https://www.ubuntu.com/
sudo apt-get install sendmail postgresql python python-pip libpq-dev python-dev
sudo pip install virtualenv
Create the shell of the virtual env and "activate" it
virtualenv opendatacatalog
cd opendatacatalog
source bin/activate
At this point you can grab the source from github:
git clone git:https://github.com/azavea/Open-Data-Catalog.git
cd Open-Data-Catalog
Or fork the code, make it better and send us a pull request!
Grab the python dependencies and do some final setup:
pip install -r requirements.txt
cd OpenDataCatalog
mkdir media
chmod 755 media
ln -s ../../lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin admin_media
sudo su postgres # Become the postgres user
createuser -P odc-user
psql template1 -c "CREATE DATABASE opendata OWNER \"odc-user\";"
exit # Exit out of the postgres user's shell
Note that running the unit tests requires that your postgres user be a super user (since it drops/creates databases). To create a user as a superuser simply do:
createuser -Ps odc-user
You can verify the connection with:
psql opendata odc-user -h localhost
Update the database settings in settings.py. You'll probably have to update "name", "user", "password", and "host". It should look similar to:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
'NAME': 'opendata',
'USER': 'odc-user',
'PASSWORD': 'PASSWORD',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
}
}
To create the scheme we use django "syncdb" command
python manage.py syncdb
python manage.py migrate
We installed gunicorn as part of the installation process. All you need to do now is start it:
gunicorn_django
For a quick and free deployment you can deploy directly to heroku (https://heroku.com). First make an account on the heroku website and then do the following:
sudo gem install heroku
heroku create --stack cedar --buildpack [email protected]:heroku/heroku-buildpack-python.git
git push heroku master
heroku run python OpenDataCatalog/manage.py syncdb
Django can run via mod_wsgi on Apache as well. Add the following to a new Apache site:
WSGIScriptAlias /hidden /<project location>/odp.wsgi
Alias /media /<project location>/media
Alias /static /<project location>/static
create /<project location>/odp.wsgi >
import os, sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/home/azavea/NPower_OpenDataPhilly')
import settings
import django.core.management
django.core.management.setup_environ(settings)
utility = django.core.management.ManagementUtility()
command = utility.fetch_command('runserver')
command.validate()
import django.conf
import django.utils
django.utils.translation.activate(jangod.conf.settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
import django.core.handlers.wsgi
application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()