Installation¶
Install from Conda¶
Warning
TODO: Prepare Conda package.
Install from GitHub¶
Check out code from the Albatross GitHub repo and start the installation:
$ git clone https://github.com/climateintelligence/albatross.git
$ cd albatross
Create Conda environment named albatross:
$ conda env create -f environment.yml
$ source activate albatross
Install Albatross app:
$ pip install -e .
OR
make install
For development you can use this command:
$ pip install -e .[dev]
OR
$ make develop
Start Albatross PyWPS service¶
After successful installation you can start the service using the albatross
command-line.
$ albatross --help # show help
$ albatross start # start service with default configuration
OR
$ albatross start --daemon # start service as daemon
loading configuration
forked process id: 42
The deployed WPS service is by default available on:
http://localhost:5000/wps?service=WPS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities.
Note
Remember the process ID (PID) so you can stop the service with kill PID
.
You can find which process uses a given port using the following command (here for port 5000):
$ netstat -nlp | grep :5000
Check the log files for errors:
$ tail -f pywps.log
… or do it the lazy way¶
You can also use the Makefile
to start and stop the service:
$ make start
$ make status
$ tail -f pywps.log
$ make stop
Run Albatross as Docker container¶
You can also run Albatross as a Docker container.
Warning
TODO: Describe Docker container support.
Use Ansible to deploy Albatross on your System¶
Use the Ansible playbook for PyWPS to deploy Albatross on your system.