Novella is a lightweight Spatial Data Catalog and Portal

• Metadata entry form following ISO 19115 + INSPIRE standards
• PostgreSQL database storage
• XML export functionality
• RESTful API endpoints
• Small footprint

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• PHP 8.1 or higher
• PostgreSQL 16 or higher
• Apache 2.4
• Composer

1. Install PostgreSQL and Novella with demo:

   git clone https://github.com/AcuGIS/Novella.git
   cd Novella
   ./installer/postgres.sh
   ./installer/novella_ubuntu24.sh

2. To skip demo or qgis support use --no-demo and/or --no-qgis option:

./installer/novella_ubuntu24.sh --no-demo --no-qgis

Optionally, provision and SSL certificate using:

 apt-get -y install python3-certbot-apache
 certbot --apache --agree-tos --email hostmaster@${HNAME} --no-eff-email -d ${HNAME}

Default credentials

• Username: admin
• Password: Novella

The application uses the following main tables:

• metadata_records: Core metadata information
• citations: Citation information
• contacts: Contact information
• geographic_extents: Geographic bounding boxes
• temporal_extents: Temporal coverage
• spatial_representations: Coordinate system information
• constraints: Use constraints
• inspire_metadata: INSPIRE-specific metadata

For production:

• Set APP_ENV=production and APP_DEBUG=false in .env

1. Check Apache error logs:

sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/novella-error.log

2. Check application logs:

tail -f /var/www/novella/storage/logs/app.log

3. Verify PHP configuration:

php -i | grep "php.ini"

4. Test database connection:

psql -U your_username -d novella -c "\dt"

MIT License