Installing CKAN¶
Before you can use CKAN on your own computer, you need to install it. There are three ways to install CKAN:
- Install from an operating system package
- Install from source
- Install from Docker Compose
From package is the quickest and easiest way to install CKAN, but it requires Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit or Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit. You should install CKAN from package if:
- You want to install CKAN on an Ubuntu 16.04 or 14.04, 64-bit server, and
- You only want to run one CKAN website per server
See Installing CKAN from package.
You should install CKAN from source if:
- You want to install CKAN on a 32-bit computer, or
- You want to install CKAN on a different version of Ubuntu, not 16.04 or 14.04, or
- You want to install CKAN on another operating system (eg. RHEL, CentOS, OS X), or
- You want to run multiple CKAN websites on the same server, or
- You want to install CKAN for development
See Installing CKAN from source.
The provided Docker Compose configuration provides a clean and quick way to deploy a vanilla CKAN without extensions, while still allowing the addition (and customization) of extensions. This option comes with the caveat that some further steps need to be taken to deploy a production-ready CKAN. You should install CKAN from Docker Compose if:
- You want to install CKAN with less effort than a source install and more flexibility than a package install, or
- You want to run or even develop extensions with the minimum setup effort, or
- You want to see whether and how CKAN, Docker and your respective infrastructure will fit together.
See Installing CKAN with Docker Compose.
If you’ve already setup a CKAN website and want to upgrade it to a newer version of CKAN, see Upgrading CKAN.