Python and packages

Python 3.8+ is required.

Conda environment setup

Conda environments are recommended for use in isolating your ODC development environment from your system installation and other Python environments.

We recommend you use Mambaforge to set up your conda virtual environment, as all the required packages are obtained from the conda-forge channel. Download and install it from here.

Download the latest version of the Open Data Cube from the repository:

git clone https://github.com/opendatacube/datacube-core
cd datacube-core

Create a conda environment named cubeenv:

mamba env create -f conda-environment.yml

Activate the cubeenv conda environment:

conda activate cubeenv

Find out more about conda environments here.

Postgres testing database configuration

This configuration supports local development using your login name.

If this is a new installation of Postgres on your system it is probably wise to set the postgres user password. As the local “postgres” Linux user, we are allowed to connect and manipulate the server using the psql command.

In a terminal, type:

sudo -u postgres psql postgres

Set a password for the “postgres” database role using the command:

\password postgres

and set the password when prompted. The password text will be hidden from the console for security purposes.

Type Control+D or \q to exit the posgreSQL prompt.

By default in Ubuntu, Postgresql is configured to use ident sameuser authentication for any connections from the same machine which is useful for development. Check out the excellent Postgresql documentation for more information, but essentially this means that if your Ubuntu username is foo and you add foo as a Postgresql user then you can connect to a database without requiring a password for many functions.

Since the only user who can connect to a fresh install is the postgres user, here is how to create yourself a database account (which is in this case also a database superuser) with the same name as your login name and then create a password for the user:

sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser $USER
sudo -u postgres psql

postgres=# \password <foo>

Now we can create databases for integration testing. You will need 2 databases - one for the Postgres driver and one for the PostGIS driver. By default, these databases are called pgintegration and pgisintegration, but you can name them however you want:

postgres=# create database pgintegration;
postgres=# create database pgisintegration;

Or, directly from the bash terminal:

createdb pgintegration
createdb pgisintegration

Connecting to your own database to try out some SQL should now be as easy as:

psql -d pgintegration