Building completely stand-alone OSM server

General talk
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All,

I just recently built a new instance of OSM using the instructions provided on the switch2osm web site.

The instance is built on Xubuntu 14.04 and works fine, as far as it goes.

I have successfully imported dbf data for Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona.

Here is where I need help. While testing I have discovered that the slippymap.html code provided won’t work unless the server can see the internet. This runs entirely counter to what I am after, namely, running an OSM server without any internet connection whatsoever. The purpose for this instance is providing disaster recover services to our served agencies. I tend to use slippymap.html as a place to start.

The other thing I would like to see is a concise, complete set of directions on rendering tiles to a local directory.

I cannot tell you how many hours have been wasted trying to find such information. All I find are very general instructions or instructions that are vague not to mention directions that are wrong or just don’t work.

I simply want step 1, step 2, etc. Right now I haven’t the time to go on a voyage of discovery.

Thanks for any potential help.

Cheers!

Chuck…
WB6YOK

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Hi, I haven’t attempted to build a tile server for many years, but I looked at the source code for slippymap.html on Github at https://github.com/openstreetmap/mod_tile/blob/master/slippymap.html .

I see that slippymap.html does have external references, but those should be fairly easy to resolve to create a standalone server with no external Internet. For example, download http://openlayers.org/api/OpenLayers.js and http://www.openstreetmap.org/openlayers/OpenStreetMap.js to your server and change the references in slippymap.html to point to your server.

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If you want help fast, the best bet is always to ask on IRC - see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IRC . Though probably best not to jump to conclusions that others’ instructions are at fault.

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If you “haven’t the time to go on a voyage of discovery” you always have the option of paying someone to do it for you. See https://switch2osm.org/serving-tiles/using-an-all-in-one-solution/ and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Commercial_OSM_Software_and_Services .