Category: Tutorial

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

Have a CKAN extension you would like to showcase? This one’s for you!

Have you built a CKAN extension you’d like to showcase? If so, why not take the chance to do this at an upcoming CKAN Extensions Demo Day on March 19?

by Andrew Nette

CKAN, Open Data, Resource, Services, Tutorial

CKAN on Kubernetes

This article is the first of two – the first one is running a simple Kubernetes Development environment with one container per CKAN service and not worrying about maintaining state on the PostGreSQL, Redis or Solr components.

by Brett Jones

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

New CKAN Sync for Drupal module available to open source community

A lot of Link Digital’s work involves the development of data portals using two key pieces of open source software, the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) and Drupal.

by Andrew Nette

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

How to categorise CKAN Actions and Authorisation

Actions are essentially the API endpoints or operations that can be performed within the CKAN system. Actions can be categorised into several groups. Read more.

by Brett Jones

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

How to create blueprints (CKAN Extensions)

Each Blueprint functions like a mini application that can be registered with the main Flask application. This modular approach helps in organising code, reducing redundancy, and improving maintainability.

by Brett Jones

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

CKAN Extensions: using the CKAN plugins toolkit

This toolkit provides a structured way to develop plugins that can enhance the core behaviour, extend the data model, add new features, or integrate CKAN with other systems.

by Brett Jones