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Consider adding OpenDataKit to this stack.
Consider adding OpenDataKit to this stack.


== My version on Bellman ==
== My failed attempt on Bellman ==


=== Download and build ===
=== Download and build ===
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That makes Boundless currently a '''non-starter'''. Trying [[GeoNode]] official version instead!
That makes Boundless currently a '''non-starter'''. Trying [[GeoNode]] official version instead!


There's a quote regarding open source about "the smartest people don't work in your company" and I think that's true about Boundless.
OKAY to be fair, I could spend perhaps another day and get it going. But I just don't know if I even want to use GeoNode yet. I probably don't.
The thing is, if I contracted with Boundless doubtless I could spend 4 hours on the phone and they'd help me set it up, but
first I'd have to be convinced I was not just substituting Boundless for ESRI and just beholden to a new master.


[[Category: GIS]]
[[Category: GIS]]

Revision as of 19:15, 20 February 2019

Overview

Boundless Geospatial provides commercial support for open source geospatial software. In turn they provide direct support to open source, so everyone benefits from their work. By building a stack on this particular set of projects they do a great service to the community even if you can't afford to pay them for support.

Essentially they are an insurance company. ;-)

  1. QGIS on the desktop
  2. "Composer" is for authoring maps
  3. OpenLayers
  4. GeoServer http://geoserver.org/ Front end for geospatial repository https://github.com/Geo-CEG/docker-geoserver
  5. GeoGig http://geogig.org/ There is a GeoServer plugin for change management https://github.com/Geo-CEG/docker-geogig
  6. GeoWebCache http://geowebcache.org/ will cache pre-rendered tiles coming from Geoerver
  7. PostGIS Used as a data repository for GeoServer but capable of full SQL processing of spatial data.

See this page: Boundless commited to open source and their github page: https://github.com/boundlessgeo

Consider adding OpenDataKit to this stack.

My failed attempt on Bellman

Download and build

cd source/docker
git clone [email protected]:boundlessgeo/geonode.git
cd geonode
docker-compose build

This build includes

  • postgres
  • elasticsearch (had to modify the compose file as there is no elasticsearch:latest tag, I used 6.6.0)
  • rabbitmq
  • django
  • celery
  • geoserver (built on tomcat 9)
  • geonode (built on geonode/nginx)
  • ArcREST

It keeps its data in a data container called geoserver_data_dir

docker-compose up
.
.
.
Creating geonode_rabbitmq_1      ... done
Creating geonode_postgres_1      ... done
Creating geonode_elasticsearch_1 ... done
Creating geoserver_data_dir      ... done
Creating geonode_geoserver_1     ... done
Creating geonode_celery_1        ... error
Creating geonode_django_1        ... error

Who needs django and celery anyway? Oh right -- that's basically the underpinnings what I wanted to test today, geonode. That makes Boundless currently a non-starter. Trying GeoNode official version instead!

There's a quote regarding open source about "the smartest people don't work in your company" and I think that's true about Boundless. OKAY to be fair, I could spend perhaps another day and get it going. But I just don't know if I even want to use GeoNode yet. I probably don't.

The thing is, if I contracted with Boundless doubtless I could spend 4 hours on the phone and they'd help me set it up, but first I'd have to be convinced I was not just substituting Boundless for ESRI and just beholden to a new master.