How to install OSRM backend on Ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

Originally posted on https://whyboobo.com/devops/install-osrm-ubuntu/

What is OSRM?

The Open Source Routing Machine or OSRM is a C++ implementation of a high-performance routing engine for shortest paths in road networks. Licensed under the permissive 2-clause BSD license, OSRM is a free network service. OSRM supports Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, and Mac OS X platform.

Tutorial used from Digital Ocean using Geofabrik Map.

Before digging into, you can check Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu 14.04. I added 4GB swap memory using this tutorial.

Please note that the structure for your folders should be

- ROOT
  - osrm
    - map.osm.pbf
  - osrm-backend (this is the repo cloned. info how to build also here)

See below for required dependencies. Official Documentation here.

mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build .
sudo cmake --build . --target install

To extract the maps you should be in the root.

~$ osrm-extract osrm/map-latest.osm.pbf -p ./osrm-backend/profiles/car.lua

How to run osrm locally:

osrm-routed /home/osrm/osrm/map.osrm