Tutorial: How to Install TileServer GL on Fedora Server Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing TileServer GL on a Fedora Server Latest operating system. TileServer GL is an open-source tile server that can serve raster and vector tiles with the Mapbox GL JS library.

Before we proceed with the installation, let's make sure that we have all the necessary requirements and components pre-installed on our system:

Requirements

  • Fedora Server Latest operating system (minimum version: 32).
  • Node.js (minimum version: v14.0.0).

If you don't have Node.js installed on your system, you can download it from the official website: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/.

Once you have verified these requirements, we can proceed with the installation of TileServer GL.

Installation

  1. Open a terminal window on your system.

  2. Update the package repository and installed packages with following command:

sudo dnf update
  1. Install Git version control system with the following command:
sudo dnf install git
  1. Clone the TileServer GL repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/maptiler/tileserver-gl.git
  1. Move into the cloned repository by running the following command:
cd tileserver-gl
  1. Install the required Node.js dependencies by running the following command:
npm install
  1. Download the default data for TileServer GL by running the following command:
curl -o data.osm.pbf http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/germany-latest.osm.pbf
  1. Now, run the TileServer GL application with the following command:
npm start
  1. Once the TileServer GL application is running, open your web browser and go to the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/

You should now see the TileServer GL web interface. From here, you can customize your TileServer GL configuration, and serve your own maps and data.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed TileServer GL on your Fedora Server Latest operating system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install TileServer GL on a Fedora Server Latest operating system. You can now use this powerful open-source tile server to serve raster and vector tiles with the Mapbox GL JS library. If you have any questions or issues, please feel free to consult the TileServer GL documentation or the MapTiler community.