How to Install CKAN on FreeBSD Latest

CKAN is a free and open-source software suite used by governments and organizations to manage and publish data. In this tutorial, we will explain the steps to install CKAN on FreeBSD latest version.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation of CKAN, you need to make sure that the following prerequisites are installed on your FreeBSD system:

• Python 2.7
• PostgreSQL 9.1 or later
• Solr 4.7.2

Step 1 - Install required packages

First, we need to install the required packages for CKAN. Run the following commands to install the packages:

sudo pkg install apache24 libxml2 libxslt postgresql96-server py27-pip

Step 2 - Install CKAN

We can install CKAN using pip. Run the command below to install the CKAN package:

sudo pip install -e git+https://github.com/ckan/ckan.git#egg=ckan

Step 3 - Configure PostgreSQL

Next, we need to create a PostgreSQL database for CKAN. Run the following command to create a new database named ckan_default:

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

Step 4 - Configure Solr

We need to configure Solr to work with CKAN. Run the following commands to create a new Solr core:

cd /usr/local/share/solr/example
sudo java -jar start.jar

This will start Solr. In a new terminal window, run the following command to create a new Solr core:

sudo python /usr/local/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/ckan/config/solr/schema.xml http://localhost:8983/solr/ckan

Step 5 - Configure CKAN

Now, we need to configure CKAN. Run the following commands to edit the CKAN configuration file:

sudo cp /usr/local/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/ckan/config/who.ini /etc/ckan/who.ini
sudo nano /etc/ckan/who.ini

Edit the [app:main] section with the following information:

ckan.site_title = CKAN on FreeBSD
ckan.site_url = http://localhost:5000

sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://ckanuser:YOUR_PASSWORD@localhost/ckan_default
ckan.storage_path = /var/lib/ckan

solr_url = http://localhost:8983/solr/ckan

ckan.plugins = stats text_view image_view recline_view datastore datapusher

Note: Replace YOUR_PASSWORD with your password.

Step 6 - Start CKAN

Finally, we can start CKAN. Run the following command to start CKAN:

sudo ckan -c /etc/ckan/who.ini run

Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000 to access CKAN.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed CKAN on FreeBSD.