You actually don't need this repository to try it out. The docker image built from this is automatically available from the Docker Hub.
First, you'll need to install Docker if you don't already have it.
Then,
docker pull openaustralia/mapit
docker run -p 8020:80 -i -t openaustralia/mapit
Point your web browser to http://localhost:8020 and you should see a default install of Mapit.
All this without the hassle of having to configure a whole machine.
- It will build a container that has everything needed to run Mapit.
- Runs the processes at startup managed by supervisord
- Install an ssh server (TODO)
- Setup logging for processes
This docker container can be used as a base image into which you can load boundary data that you need. To see this in action take a look at the dockerized Australian MapIt.