This documentation covers how to set up and manage CKAN. For high-level information on what CKAN is, see the CKAN website.
Structure & Audiences
These docs are ordered with the beginner documentation first, and the most advanced documentation last:
- :doc:`installing` and :doc:`getting-started` walk you through installing CKAN and setting up your own CKAN site with some basic customizations. These docs are for sysadmins who're new to CKAN and want go get started with it.
- The sections under :doc:`features` cover setting up and using CKAN features, beyond those that just work out of the box. These are for sysadmins who want to learn how to manage and get more out of their CKAN site.
- :doc:`writing-extensions`, :doc:`theming` and :doc:`api` are advanced docs for developers who want to develop an extension, theme or API app using CKAN.
- :doc:`contributing` and :doc:`test` are for testers, translators and core developers who want to contribute to CKAN.
- Finally, :doc:`configuration` and :doc:`changelog` are reference docs covering CKAN's config file options and the differences between CKAN releases.
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 installing upgrading getting-started features writing-extensions theming api contributing test configuration changelog