Resources: CKAN and Data Portals

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, Climate, Community & Non-Profit, DataPusher, Geospatial, Resource

From climate data catalogues to dataset storage: the CKAN extensions that make it possible

Link Digital CKAN experts recommend their most used or favourite CKAN extensions to extend the software’s core power in relation to data management applications.

by Andrew Nette

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

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