Nominatim/docs/admin/Update.md
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# Updating the Database
There are many different ways to update your Nominatim database.
The following section describes how to keep it up-to-date with Pyosmium.
For a list of other methods see the output of `./utils/update.php --help`.
!!! important
If you have configured a flatnode file for the import, then you
need to keep this flatnode file around for updates.
#### Installing the newest version of Pyosmium
It is recommended to install Pyosmium via pip. Make sure to use python3.
Run (as the same user who will later run the updates):
```sh
pip3 install --user osmium
```
Nominatim needs a tool called `pyosmium-get-changes` which comes with
Pyosmium. You need to tell Nominatim where to find it. Add the
following line to your `settings/local.php`:
@define('CONST_Pyosmium_Binary', '/home/user/.local/bin/pyosmium-get-changes');
The path above is fine if you used the `--user` parameter with pip.
Replace `user` with your user name.
#### Setting up the update process
Next the update needs to be initialised. By default Nominatim is configured
to update using the global minutely diffs.
If you want a different update source you will need to add some settings
to `settings/local.php`. For example, to use the daily country extracts
diffs for Ireland from Geofabrik add the following:
// base URL of the replication service
@define('CONST_Replication_Url', 'https://download.geofabrik.de/europe/ireland-and-northern-ireland-updates');
// How often upstream publishes diffs
@define('CONST_Replication_Update_Interval', '86400');
// How long to sleep if no update found yet
@define('CONST_Replication_Recheck_Interval', '900');
To set up the update process now run the following command:
./utils/update.php --init-updates
It outputs the date where updates will start. Recheck that this date is
what you expect.
The `--init-updates` command needs to be rerun whenever the replication service
is changed.
#### Updating Nominatim
The following command will keep your database constantly up to date:
./utils/update.php --import-osmosis-all
(Note that even though the old name "import-osmosis-all" has been kept for
compatibility reasons, Osmosis is not required to run this - it uses pyosmium
behind the scenes.)
If you have imported multiple country extracts and want to keep them
up-to-date, [Advanced installations section](Advanced-Installations.md) contains instructions
to set up and update multiple country extracts.