Tutorial: How to Install TileServer GL on OpenSUSE Latest

Introduction

TilServer GL is a highly efficient map tile server that renders raster or vector maps in real-time. In this tutorial, we will go through a step-by-step guide on how to install TileServer GL on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you need to have administrative access to your OpenSUSE latest system. You must also have Node.js and Git installed on your system. If they are not installed, you need to run these commands:

$ sudo zypper update
$ sudo zypper install nodejs
$ sudo zypper install git

Installing TileServer GL

Now let's download and install TileServer GL.

  1. First, we need to clone TileServer GL repository by running the following command:

    $ git clone https://github.com/maptiler/tileserver-gl.git

  2. Once you have cloned the repository, navigate to the tileserver-gl directory by running:

    $ cd tileserver-gl

  3. Install the necessary dependencies by running:

    $ npm install

  4. After successfully installing dependencies, you can use tileserver-gl to serve your map tiles. To try it out, we will download some OpenMapTiles data. Run the following command to download OpenMapTiles:

    $ wget https://openmaptiles.com/download/planet/latest/south-america.mbtiles

  5. Now that we have our map data, we can use tileserver-gl to serve it. Run the following command to start serving map tiles:

    $ tileserver-gl south-america.mbtiles

  6. The server should now be up and running at http://localhost:8080. You can open your browser and visit that URL to view your maps!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install TileServer GL on OpenSUSE Latest using Node.js and Git. You have also learned how to download OpenMapTiles and serve the tiles using TileServer GL. We hope this tutorial has been helpful to you in setting up TileServer GL on your OpenSUSE latest system.