CARTA Controller

CARTA is the Cube Analysis and Rendering Tool for Astronomy. This document describes the installation and configuration process for a site deployment of CARTA, including the controller and its dependencies. We recommend this deployment option for organisations providing CARTA to multiple users.

Detailed step-by-step instructions are provided for a standalone CARTA deployment on a dedicated server. Please use these instructions as a starting point, and make adjustments as required to integrate CARTA into your organisation’s existing systems. More detailed information about customisation can be found in the Installation and Configuration sections.

We officially support Ubuntu 20.04 (v4.x only), 22.04, and 24.04 (v5.x only), and AlmaLinux 8 and 9 (and equivalent RPM-based distributions), with all available standard updates applied. We provide legacy support only for existing 4.x installations on RHEL 7 and equivalents.

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 a complete deployment
  • Overview
  • Install dependencies
  • Install CARTA controller
  • System configuration
  • Configure webserver
  • Configure CARTA controller
• CARTA configuration schema
  • keyAlgorithm
  • Google AuthProvider
  • Local AuthProvider
  • LDAP AuthProvider
  • External AuthProvider
  • OpenID Connect AuthProvider
• Backend preferences