Category: Community & Non-Profit

Blog, CKAN, Community & Non-Profit, Government, Open Data

Government Open Data Portals: a look at CKAN and Socrata

This post explores why governments might consider CKAN, an open-source platform, over proprietary alternatives like Socrata.

by Paul Walsh

Blog, Branding, CKAN, Community & Non-Profit, Open Data, Resource, Tutorial

Introduction to updating CKAN templates

Central to CKAN’s functionality and user experience are its templates, […]

by Brett Jones

Blog, CKAN, Community & Non-Profit, Docker, Resource, Tutorial

Create a new CKAN Development Environment and install a new extension

Here is how to set up a new CKAN development environment conveniently using Docker and a tutorial on installing a new CKAN extension. Let’s get started.

by Brett Jones

Blog, Community & Non-Profit, DataPusher, Resource, Tutorial

How to install DataStore and DataPusher on CKAN

This article shows you the step-by-step for installing the most […]

by Brett Jones

Blog, CKAN, Community & Non-Profit, Open Data

Empowering open data and beyond: major initiative to boost CKAN development

This article was authored by Paul Walsh, CTO of Link Digital and originally published through CKAN.org.

by Kate Sampher

Blog, CKAN, Community & Non-Profit, DataPusher, Docker, NGINX, Redis, Resource, Solr, Tutorial

How to install CKAN using Docker Containers

The CKAN ecosystem can be installed in 3 different ways.

Install from an OS (Debian) package
Install from source
Install as Docker Containers using Docker Compose

by Brett Jones