Hi Guys, I will try to keep it simple and straight forward. Most of the content has been taken from openstreetmap.org's wiki. I end up configuring it last night so it is still fresh in my brain. Alright first things first If you are thinking for running a OSM server on a machine that has 4GB RAM and Intel Core Dual Core Processor then forget about it. You will need really good hardware to run your OSM server. I recommend at least 24 GB RAM and a Xeon quad core processor (Dual) with probably super fast iSCSI drives or good SSD. To import full planet OSM data you will need more than 600GB of free Hard disk space. It can take up to 10+ days depending on your Hardware to import and Index everything planel.osm has to offer. I will be using Ubuntu Desktop version 11.10 64 bit. for this example. So prepare your new machine with basic Ubuntu Desktop version 11.10 64 bit. install. No need to install anything else. You can choose to download updates for the OS. After you can login to your newly laid Ubuntu Desktop. Do the Following Download latest planet.osm data or you can try to search for extracts for your Country if you don't want to import full size planet data. I will be using Australia.osm. Thanks to Matt who is running this really helpful website http://www.osmaustralia.org (optional) Extract the bz2 file to an accessible location on your Hard drive. So now we have good Hardware and we've got the required OSM data files its time to get our hands dirty. Open your Ubuntu Terminal * TIP nearly all command will require to be run as Super User i.e. administrator. I will be working in this directory /home/osm. You can will need to choose your own whenever possible. Lets set up the environment first. As a prerequisites we need to install following packages GCC compiler PostgreSQL Proj4 GEOS PostGIS PHP PHP-pgsql PEAR::DB Lets install DB package  Now that we've got postgreSQL installed we will tune … [Read more...]