GeoNode Installation and Administration

In order to use GeoNode for your own project, you will need to understand how to install, configure and maintain an installation in a virtual machine on your own network or on the Cloud. You should initially start with the GeoNode ubuntu packages in a Virtual Machine to familiarize yourself with the installation and configuration process.

Your mentor will guide you through the process of determining a production deployment strategy based on your specific situation and use case. Follow the material below to begin your journey toward becoming a competent GeoNode system administrator. If you get stuck, reference the provided material to the greatest extent possible before asking questions of the community, but if you are truly stuck, you will find help in the community, and over time you will feel comfortable helping others.

If you and your mentor have determined that a Cloud deployment strategy is the best for your situation, you should reference the Cloud section above for guidance on deploying using the specific platform chosen.

Goals/Objectives/Outcomes

• Understand how to prepare a server or virtual machine for installing GeoNode
• Understand how to install a GeoNode release on ubuntu linux or windows
• Understand how to install a GeoNode pre-release on ubuntu linux or windows
• Understand how to configure GeoNode for use in Production
• Understand how to manage Users, Layers, Maps and Documents in a GeoNode
• Understand how to monitor your GeoNode installation
• Understand how to backup and restore the data on a GeoNode installation
• Understand how to bulk load data into a GeoNode
• Understand how to use the basic GeoNode management commands
• Understand how your GeoNode works with PostGIS
• Understand how to configure Layers in GeoServer and then configure them in GeoNode
• Understand how to load OSM data into a GeoNode
• Understand how to use GeoNode’s administration interface
• Understand how to manage Users and Groups in GeoNode’s admin interface
• Understand how to manage metadata in GeoNode’s admin interface
• Understand how to customize the look and feel of a GeoNode
• Understand basic debugging techniques for your GeoNode
• Understand how to configure GeoNode to use an alternate language by default

Reference Material

• http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/admin/index.html
• http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/admin/production.html

Measures of Success

• Participant demonstrates an understanding of how to install and configure a GeoNode for production use
• Participant demonstrates an understanding of how to perform basic administrative tasks on a GeoNode installation
• Participant understands how GeoNode works with PostGIS and GeoServer and is able to manage each of these platforms and use GeoNode’s management commands to keep them in sync
• Participant demonstrates the ability to bulk load data into a GeoNode
• Participant demonstrates the ability to update the look and feel of a GeoNode installation
• Participant demonstrates the ability to find errors in the logs of GeoNode’s various components and how to do basic interpretation of them and knows how to seek help with them