World Crisis Map

Website displaying humanitarian crisis and news using OpenStreetMap and ReliefWeb.

setup server (ubuntu)

• setup https / apache2
• install postgresql and init
  • login to psql promt (sudo -u postgres psql)
  • set new password (\password)
  • create database (CREATE DATABASE crisismap;)
• setup your .env file (have a look at the example .env_example file)
• install Python 3 and NodeJS (sudo apt install python3-pip python3 nodejs)
• setup database with script database_init_crisis_collector.py
• install packages and updates by running ./update_server.sh
• use something like pm2 to keep track of running the two scripts
• use command grunt or grunt watch --force to keep be sure minified js is up to date

helpful tips

• create postgres user in psql prompt with CREATE ROLE name WITH SUPERUSER LOGIN;
• copy one postgres database to another server with pg_dump -C dbname | bzip2 | ssh remoteuser@remotehost "bunzip2 | psql dbname"
• convert color of icon and keep transperancy: convert *.png -fill "#ffffff" -colorize 100
• have a look at this guide
• start pm2 process with watching: pm2 start file --watch
• minify html, css and JS
• nginx https
• enable gzip
• run fail2ban