CARTA Controller
CARTA is the Cube Analysis and Rendering Tool for Astronomy. This document describes the installation and configuration process for the controller component.
Detailed step-by-step instructions are provided for Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) and AlmaLinux 8. We officially support Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04, and RHEL 7 and 8 (and their freely distributed binary-compatible alternatives, such as CentOS or AlmaLinux), with all available standard updates applied.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Installation
- Configuration
- Step-by-step instructions for Ubuntu 20.04.2 (Focal Fossa)
- Step-by-step instructions for AlmaLinux 8
- 1. Install Node.js
- 2. Install MongoDB
- 3. Install the CARTA controller
- 4. Install the CARTA backend
- 5. Install Nginx
- 6. Create the ‘carta’ user and modify sudoers
- 7. Set up the user authentication method
- 8. Configure the CARTA controller
- 9. Check everything is working
- 10. Start the CARTA controller
- Optional: Set up the CARTA controller to run with pm2
- CARTA configuration schema
- Backend preferences