[mapserver-users] Resolved: Mapserver install - Mac OS X and safari
M Badar
mikebadar.j at gmail.com
Wed Jan 18 14:13:02 EST 2012
Thanks again to everyone who provided input. The gist of the problem was
related to a conflict between the version of apache I had installed and the
version which is shipped with OS X. Listed below are the steps I followed
to eliminate the problem:
1. Completely uninstall the apache version shipped with OS X;
2. Ran 'find' to search for http occurrences on the filesystem: find /
-name '*http*' -print;
3. Deleted the following file to stop OS X from starting apache
automatically:
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist
4. Start apache manually with 'apachectl'
/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start
5. Access the mapserver URL as follows:
http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv
6. Success - the following was displayed by Safari:
No query information to decode. QUERY_STRING is set, but empty.
7. Let the fun begin!
Although I'm not sure which of the steps above actually fixed the problem,
I believe it was steps 1 and 3 which were the critical parts of the
solution.
Take care,
Mike Badar
#
# Original post.
#
Thanks, everyone.
With /etc/hosts set to:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost
and accessing the URL:
http://localhost.com/cgi-bin/mapserv
I get the error:
# safari can't open the page "http://localhost.com/cgi-bin/mapserv" because
the server
# unexpectedly dropped the connection.
and when the URL is accessed this way (leaving /etc/hosts as shown above):
http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv
I get the error:
Not Found
The requested URL /cgi-bin/mapserv was not found on this server.
At this point I'm 90% sure the problem lies between safari and apache.
Maybe it's time for a reference manual on apache. Does anyone have any
titles they would like to recommend?
Mike
Greetings,
New user to the list. I am installing mapserver
on my MacBook Pro. The installation has progressed without error until I
attempt
to call the 'mapserv' cgi executable from safari; it returns the following
error
after running the final check as described in the documentation:
# Page 40, MapServer Documentation, Release 6.0.1; 4.1.8 Installation - The
basic install.
# This is the final test to ensure mapserver is installed and functioning
correctly.
# When attempting to access the test URL, safari returns the following
error:
# Test URL: http://localhost.com/cgi-bin/mapserv
# Safari error:
# safari can't open the page "http://localhost.com/cgi-bin/mapserv" because
the server
# unexpectedly dropped the connection.
Mapserver version: 6.0.1
Mac OS X version: 10.6.8
Safari version: 5.1.2
My suspicion is the error is related to how mapserver and apache are
communicating; however,
not being apache literate, I don't know where to begin diagnosing the
connection problem. I
ran a syntax check on the httpd.conf file and it returned the following:
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:bin bobby$ apachectl -t
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain
name, using
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro.local for ServerName
Syntax OK
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:bin bobby$
Listed below are details regarding my installation.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Mike Badar
#
# Map Server 6.0.1 "configure" script.
#
# Author: Mike Badar
# Date: 29 December, 2011
# Version: 3
./configure \
--with-curl-config=/usr/local/bin/curl-config \
--with-gdal=/usr/local/bin/gdal-config \
--with-geos=/usr/local/bin/geos-config \
--with-ogr=/usr/local/bin/gdal-config \
--with-postgis=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config \
--with-xml2-config=/usr/local/bin/xml2-config \
\
--with-agg=/usr/local \
--with-freetype=/usr/local \
--with-gd=/usr/local \
--with-httpd=/usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd \
--with-jpeg=/usr/local \
--with-proj=/usr/local \
--with-tiff=/usr/local \
\
--with-wfsclient \
--with-wmsclient \
--with-threads \
--with-wcs \
\
--enable-debug
#
# Mapserver version.
#
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:cgi-bin bobby$ ./mapserv -v
MapServer version 6.0.1 \
OUTPUT=GIF \
OUTPUT=PNG \
OUTPUT=JPEG \
SUPPORTS=PROJ \
SUPPORTS=AGG \
SUPPORTS=FREETYPE \
SUPPORTS=ICONV \
SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER \
SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT \
SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT \
SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER \
SUPPORTS=THREADS \
SUPPORTS=GEOS \
INPUT=OGR \
INPUT=GDAL \
INPUT=SHAPEFILE
#
# Page 39, MapServer Documentation, Release 6.0.1; Step 9 test.
#
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:cgi-bin bobby$ ./mapserv
This script can only be used to decode form results and
should be initiated as a CGI process via a httpd server.
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:cgi-bin bobby$
#
# Apache version.
#
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:bin bobby$ apachectl -v
Server version: Apache/2.2.20 (Unix)
Server built: Sep 12 2011 17:42:56
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:bin bobby$
#
# /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf; mapserver additions.
#
# ServerRoot
ServerRoot "/usr/local/apache2"
# Apache port.
Listen 80
# Cgi directory; ScriptAlias; Log file.
<Directory /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin>
Options +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks
</Directory>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/
#
# Log file.
#
ScriptLog logs/cgi_log
ErrorLog "logs/error_log"
# Display user 'www'
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:~ root# dscl . -read /Users/www
AppleMetaNodeLocation: /Local/Default
AuthenticationAuthority: ;ShadowHash;
;Kerberosv5;
;_www at LKDC
:SHA1.458017A5A4386C409A25B49470E08467DC7022AF
;LKDC:SHA1.458017A5A4386C409A25B49470E08467DC7022AF;
GeneratedUID: FFFFEEEE-DDDD-CCCC-BBBB-AAAA00000046
NFSHomeDirectory: /Library/WebServer
Password: ********
PrimaryGroupID: 70
RealName:
World Wide Web Server
RecordName: _www www
RecordType: dsRecTypeStandard:Users
UniqueID: 70
UserShell: /usr/bin/false
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:~ root#
# Check /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf for syntax errors.
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:bin bobby$ apachectl -t
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain
name, using
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro.local for ServerName
Syntax OK
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:bin bobby$
# Start apache and check for the existence of the httpd process.
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:logs root# apachectl start
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:logs root# ps -ajx|grep httpd
root 526 1 526 59ff000 0 Ss ?? 0:00.18
/usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND
_www 527 526 526 59ff000 0 S ?? 0:00.00
/usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND
root 529 391 528 5a00110 2 S+ s001 0:00.00 grep httpd
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:logs root#
# Page 40, MapServer Documentation, Release 6.0.1; 4.1.8 Installation - The
basic install.
# This is the final test to ensure mapserver is installed and functioning
correctly.
# When attempting to access the test URL, safari returns the following
error:
# Test URL: http://localhost.com/cgi-bin/mapserv
# Safari error:
# safari can't open the page "http://localhost.com/cgi-bin/mapserv" because
the server
# unexpectedly dropped the connection.
# Port 80 /etc/services
http 80/udp www www-http # World Wide Web HTTP
http 80/tcp www www-http # World Wide Web HTTP
# /etc/services
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:~ bobby$ cat /etc/hosts
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
#
# This line was added in an attempt to diagnose why apache is dropping
connections
# to mapserver.
#
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost # Mapserver diagnostic
line.
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
Michael-Badars-MacBook-Pro:~ bobby$
Not Found
The requested URL /cgi-bin/mapserv was not found on this server.
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