[OSM-dev] running a local server

[Keith Sharp]

On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 20:02 +0000, graham wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to this list, so forgive me if this is a FAQ.
> 
> I want to run one, possibly two, websites using a slippy map. The area 
> covered by the slippy map is quite restricted (not necessarily by code, 
> but in relevance to the sites).
> 
> At the moment I'm testing by running against the tah.dev server. For 
> actual use (these aren't likely to be high volume sites, unless I'm very 
> lucky) I imagine that a local cache would be enough to take most of the 
> load off the server, since the hits will mostly be on a small group of 
> tiles. But I'm also thinking I might like to try working with adding 
> layers at some point, so it seems like a good idea to try running my own
> server. But I can't work out if there's a standard/recommended way to do 
> that that works with the current data format. Can anyone point me to the 
> best wiki page/mail thread/svn directory for some guidance?

Try:

	http://www.passback.org.uk/maps/fedora.shtml

unfortunately some of it may be out of date now - OSM seems to be moving
really fast at the moment :-)

Keith.