Use a specific CKAN version?

[sckott]

Is there a way to specify what CKAN version to use? e.g., say I wanted to install v2.3, how would I do that?

Thanks!

[thezelus]

Hi @sckott

Just clone whichever version of CKAN you want to deploy in https://github.com/ckan/ckan-docker/tree/master/_src and it should work.

I have tried this with latest version from the trunk (CKAN repository) and 2.4, both seem to be working fine.

[sckott]

Thanks, did you do that manually, or in a Dockerfile?

[thezelus]

I did it manually on the host machine, but you can always do this in the primary Dockerfile after it adds the directory to the container.

ADD _src/ $CKAN_HOME/src/
ONBUILD ADD _src/ $CKAN_HOME/src/

Another way to do it is create a bash script that clones the desired repositories (CKAN version + extensions) in _src directory and then executes docker-compose up

[sckott]

Thanks very much!

[florianm]

@sckott another simple way of running ckan as a docker container is datacats, see my docs for a working setup, supports versions.

[sckott]

@florianm nice, thanks, give it a try.

mostly making sure I know how to install diff. versions of CKAN for purposes of testing the R client, and investigating problems users come with