Prep your dev environment

Install virtualbox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
Build a Linux VM from Ubuntu 12.04: http://www.ubuntu.com/

Installing the Open Data Catalog

Non-Python Dependencies

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install git sendmail postgresql python postgresql-plpython-9.1 python-pip libpq-dev python-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libgeos-c1 mercurial meld

Python Dependencies

    sudo pip install virtualenv

Setting up the App

Create Virtual Env

Create the shell of the virtual env and "activate" it

    virtualenv opendatacatalog
    cd opendatacatalog
    source bin/activate

Grab the source

At this point you can grab the source from github:

    git clone git://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

Setting up the database

Create a new postgres db

    sudo su postgres # Become the postgres user
    createuser -P odc-user
    psql template1 -c "CREATE DATABASE opendata OWNER \"odc-user\";"
    createlang plpythonu opendata
    psql -d opendata -f etc/pycsw_plpythonu.sql
    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 settings

Copy local_settings.py.example to local_settings.py

Update the database settings in local_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': '',
       }
    }

Open Data Catalog supports the [OGC Catalogue Service] (http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/specifications/catalog) specification (CSW) using pycsw. CSW settings can be set/modified in settings.CSW. As well, settings.SITEHOST and settings.SITEPORT must be set accordingly for your deployment environment.

Creating the database scheme

To create the scheme we use django "syncdb" command

    python manage.py syncdb --migrate

Running a server

We installed gunicorn as part of the installation process. All you need to do now is start it:

    gunicorn_django

Customizing your installation

Settings

You should read OpenDataCatalog/local_settings.py for a list of configurable values, such as TWITTER_USER and SITE_ROOT. Feel free to play with these settings as much as you want.

Style

In local_settings.py you should specify a LOCAL_TEMPLATE_DIR that is the full path to your template location. As you want to change the style, you copy files out of OpenDataCatalog/templates and into your local overly directory and make the changes there. That way you can keep your repository in sync with the upstream more easily while still maintaining your own style.

Deploy to Heroku

For a quick and free deployment you can deploy directly to heroku (http://heroku.com). First make an account on the heroku website and then do the following:

Edit the .gitignore file and remove the following line:

    local_settings.py

Ths will allow your personal settings from being pushed to heroku. Then:

    sudo gem install heroku       
    heroku create --stack cedar --buildpack https://github.com/cirlabs/heroku-buildpack-geodjango/
    git push heroku master       
    heroku run python OpenDataCatalog/manage.py syncdb

Apache

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(django.conf.settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)

    import django.core.handlers.wsgi

    application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()