Locator API - Setup

There are various ways on how to host the LocatorAPI

• Docker,

• Java,

• Running from source or

• Deploy as WAR file (recommended)

Prerequisites

• A DHIS2 server (v 2.36 or higher)

• DHIS2 Read-Only(RO) postgreSQL user

• PostGIS extension installed and enabled. This allows to do searches by coordinates on DHIS2 Org Units.

Server Requirement

• Apache TomCat 10

• Java JDK 8

In this section, we’ll walk you through configuration of DHIS2, followed by building and starting an instance of LocatorAPI.