[Featureserver] Errors settings up feature server?

Dane Springmeyer blake at hailmail.net
Wed Feb 6 09:55:15 EST 2008


Rob,

try:


# each additional section is a 'layer', which can be accessed.
# see DataSources.txt for more info on configuring.
[scribble]
type=DBM
file=/home/gisconsu/public_html/featureserver/featureserver.scribble
gaping_security_hole=yes

Dane



On Feb 6, 2008, at 6:51 AM, Rob Dunfey wrote:

> Hi Chris, Dane & List,
>
> Dane suggested trying to access the index.html file instead, and  
> moving the featureserver folder to a standard web-accessible  
> location, so I moved it into the root directory
>
> www.gisconsultancy.com/featureserver/
>
> and now I can load the index.html file (before it was giving a  
> Internal Server Error 500) but it still gives some errors when I  
> try and save a shape.
>
> When I try and access...
>
> http://gisconsultancy.com/featureserver.cgi/scribble/all.atom
>
> ...it now asks me if I want to save the featureserver.cgi file?  I  
> think this is because it needs to create a scribble file?
>
> Dane suggested checking that I've uploaded the cfg file, I have.  
> Although I've modified it slightly so that it creates the 'scribble  
> file' in the same directory as featureserver.cgi, at least that was  
> my intention, cgf file contents below:
>
> # Metadata section allows you to define the default
> # service type to be created
> [metadata]
> default_service=GeoJSON
>
> # each additional section is a 'layer', which can be accessed.
> # see DataSources.txt for more info on configuring.
> [scribble]
> type=DBM
> file=scribble
> gaping_security_hole=yes
>
> Thanks for your suggestions, I'm also pinging my web host to see if  
> its something to do with their cgi support.
>
> Rob
>
> On 06/02/2008, Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at metacarta.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:24:34PM +0000, Rob Dunfey wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to set up feature server on my web hosting account.  I  
> tried at
> > the weekend, but I don't think my cgi was enabled on my web host,  
> I think
> > I've solved this now and my simple cgi script works.
> >
> > http://www.gisconsultancy.com/cgi-bin/test.cgi
> >
> > However, when I try the following url I get the message below:
> >
> > http://gisconsultancy.com/cgi-bin/featureserver/featureserver.cgi/ 
> scribble/all.atm
>
> I'll point out that this URL doesn't work for me at all, but the  
> problem
> is that you want '.atom', not '.atm'.
> --
> Christopher Schmidt
> MetaCarta
>
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