[ckan-dev] CKAN Puppet Module Released

Mon Jan 6 10:15:02 UTC 2014

Michael,

Yes, our puppet module is more of a system, and there are parts which
might seem specific to data.gov.uk, however there are plenty of
governments who do want many of these extras.

We feel by including CKAN extensions for QA, harvesting etc, and the
cron jobs to support them, plus all the system packages install, plus
a UI which includes blogs, apps etc, plus sensible caching setup, it
makes for a CKAN install that is 'batteries included'. Of course any
that take it would want to change the title from 'data.gov.uk' and put
their own stamp on the main template, maybe add/remove some of the
pages of the site, but many sites would find it a better start-point
than the basic CKAN install.

However I think it is also very attractive to start from the basic
CKAN install that you've provided, so I'm pleased to see you've made
it available in that general form.

David

On 5 January 2014 21:36, Michael Speth <spethm at landcareresearch.co.nz> wrote:
> Greetings David,
>   Thank you for having a look.  Are there any missing features of the CKAN
> module that has been implemented in dgu-vagrant-puppet that could be
> incorporated ?  From my looking through dgu-vagrant-puppet, it seems to be a
> complete system's solution.  When I started with the CKAN module, it was
> also very specific to Landcare Research's needs.  Our thinking though is to
> generalize to make it available to the community in hopes that others may
> find it useful.  IE, build your system specific code around the module.
> This is what we did creating a puppet module (landcare_ckan) as well as
> additional modules in the landcare puppet framework.
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 6:48 AM, David Read <david.read at hackneyworkshop.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> Great to see this CKAN puppet module - thanks for posting. It really
>> encapsulates a lot of work to get a CKAN server going.
>>
>> I've had a good look round your module and it's interesting to compare
>> your work with ours https://github.com/datagovuk/dgu-vagrant-puppet .
>> Although our system at data.gov.uk is somewhat different, there is a
>> good amount of common ground.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 31 December 2013 03:07, Michael Speth <spethm at landcareresearch.co.nz>
>> wrote:
>> > On behalf of Landcare Research, I would like to announce the initial
>> > release
>> > of the CKAN Puppet Module Version 1.0.0.
>> >
>> > The CKAN puppet module installs, configures, and manages CKAN.
>> > Customizations such as site logo, about page, license, and customized
>> > css
>> > are easily configurable from this module.
>> >
>> > Links
>> > Download it from puppet forge.
>> > Help make the CKAN puppet module even better.
>> > Join the discussion.
>> >
>> > Thank you and happy new year!
>> > --
>> > Michael Speth
>> > DevOps Computer Engineer
>> > Landcare Research Consultant
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