What is CartoDB? =============== CartoDB is an open source tool that allows for the storage and visualization of geospatial data on the web. More information available www.cartodb.com What is the purpose of this repo? ================================= The purpose of this repo is to provide a chef cookbook which will automate the installation process of CartoDB. Requirements? ============= This cookbook assumes that you are running Ubuntu on a clean new EC2 instance. It should not be used on any server which has postgresql already installed as it will break the existing installation. Chef - Tested on Chef 0.10 Platform This Chef cookbook has been successfully tested on a “Small” Natty Narwhal Amazon EC2 instance built using the ami from Canonical. http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/11.04/release/ What does this cookbook do? ======================== This cookbook will install the following packages:- Ruby Node PostgresSQL PostGIS Redis Mapnik Nginx What do I need to do after the install? ======================================= After the install you will need to do the following:- add root /home/ubuntu/downloads/cartodb/public; passenger_enabled on; rails_env devlopement; to the nginx.conf file Add <IP of EC2 instance> mysubdomain.localhost.lan to the hostfile on your local computer. Open a browser and go to http://mysubdomain.localhost.lan and login with the user you created. Ver2