Nominatim Docker (Nominatim version 4.2)

Docker compose for Nominatim tested in version 4.2

Introduction

This docker image build and run Nominatim.

It´s necessary a postgres database and postgis previous configured

Build

Build image using docker-compose build

Configuration

The following environment variables are available for configuration:

PBF_URL: Which OSM extract to download and import. Check https://download.geofabrik.de
THREADS: How many threads should be used to import (default: 16)
NOMINATIM_PASSWORD: The password to connect to the database with (default: 123456 - Please change this password)
PGHOST: Postgres host
PGPASSWORD: Postgres password
PGUSER: Postgres user
PGDATABASE: postgres database name (default: nominatim)
NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN: postgres string connection (e.g: pgsql:dbname=nominatim;hostaddr=173.16.238.2;user=your_user_database;password=your_password_database)

Run

Run image using docker-compose up

Finally

By default will run in port 8087.

If everything runs ok, You can check on http://localhost:8087/search.php?q=avenue%20pasteur

PostgreSQL Tuning

See https://nominatim.org/release-docs/4.2.0/admin/Installation/#tuning-the-postgresql-database for more details about postgreSQL tuning