[OpenLayers-Users] proxy.cgi and OS X Server (solved the hard way)

[Asle Benoni]

Although one can feel so alone with a problem at some times. It works now
and that is what matters for me. So now I am glad I can focus on OpenLayers
;-)
But as you say I should maybe have directed this more to the JS community.

/asle

2009/5/22 Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at metacarta.com>

> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:56:27AM +0200, Asle Benoni wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Just want to share my experience with OpenLayers proxy.cgi on OS X
> Server.
> > It seems no one on this list is using OS X Server. If you search on the
> list
> > you will see my frustrations with problems related to proxy.cgi. I tested
> > this on OS X 10.5 client and it seemed to work fine while with OS X 10.5
> > Server it was not possible. So I reinstalled the server and downgraded
> from
> > OS X Server to OS X client. Everything works fine now! So the quick
> answer
> > is to forget trying to get it to work on OS X Server. On OS X 10.5 client
> it
> > works just fine. I will not go back to OS X Server to try to solve it
> since
> > I have used far too much time on this issue. Tomcat and MapServer was
> easy
> > to get up running also.
>
> For the record, proxy.cgi is intended only to act as a demonstration of
> how to set up a proxy. There are many tools for proxying URLs -- from
> the built in mod_proxy in Apache, to numerous other tools available by
> searching on Google. The reason that you will likely receive limited
> support is that this is *not* something specific to OpenLayers, but
> instead something in wider use throughout the Javascript -- and "AJAX"
> (I hate that term) community.
>
> I recommend broadening your horizons beyond OpenLayers if you are
> interested in solving this problem.
>
> (Without OS X Server to try, I have no interest in remote debugging
> software that's only tangentinally OpenLayers related.)
>
> Best Regards,
> --
> Christopher Schmidt
> MetaCarta
>
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