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
  • Dependencies
  • Authentication support
  • Getting help
  • Future work
• Installation
  • Installing the backend
  • Installing the frontend
  • Installing the controller
  • Running the controller
• Configuration
  • System Configuration
  • Controller configuration
  • Backend configuration
  • Testing the configuration
• Step-by-step instructions for Ubuntu 20.04.2 (Focal Fossa)
  • Dependencies
  • Install CARTA controller
• 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
  • keyAlgorithm
  • Google AuthProvider
  • Local AuthProvider
  • LDAP AuthProvider
  • External AuthProvider
  • OpenID Connect AuthProvider
• Backend preferences