[mapserver-dev] MapServer 8.0 Config File

[Steve Lime]

Hi Dan, thanks for the feedback.

   - A default location is a reasonable idea. I started down this route
   initially but stopped because I can see folks wanting to use
   different config files for multiple virtual hosts on the same server - so
   being explicit seemed ok (and simpler). How does MapCache handle it's
   config file?
   - I think the config *must* be mandatory for CGI operations. Trying to
   support both legacy configuration and a config file is just too messy IMHO.
   With that, we can certainly set some recommended defaults in the example
   config file that is provided and setting MS_MAP_NO_PATH to true is fine
   with me. The code as it sits, does require MS_MAP_PATTERN to be set if
   full-path values are allowed.
   - +1

--Steve

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 8:07 PM Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com>
wrote:

> Great addition.  A few thoughts/questions:
>
> - Perhaps the default behavior if MS_CONFIG_FILE is not set could be to
> look for the config file in /etc/mapserver.conf or
> $PREFIX/etc/mapserver.conf ... that would simplify configuration even
> more and would be the natural place where one would expect to find such
> a config file on Unix/Linux.  (Not sure about Windows though)
>
> - If we're going to introduce such a config file, perhaps we should make
> it mandatory, and also make MS_MAP_NO_PATH=TRUE the implicit default so
> that unless you explicitly change MS_MAP_NO_PATH then only mapfiles
> explicitly listed in the config can be used  (I know I've always been a
> big fan of backwards compatibility, but this time I think it may be
> simpler for the users to just deal with a config file that is locked
> down by default instead of the complicated/legacy environment variables
> in order to secure a server)
>
> - I like Seth's suggestion of being able to set global defaults in the
> config file that are inherited by the mapfiles and can be overridden
> locally in each one
>
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 2021-06-15 13:04, Steve Lime wrote:
> > Hi all: Just checking on folks thoughts on moving forward with a config
> > file. There was a bit of discussion back in early April...
> >
> > https://github.com/sdlime/mapserver/wiki/MapServer-8.0-Config-File
> > <https://github.com/sdlime/mapserver/wiki/MapServer-8.0-Config-File>
> >
> > Would be nice to move on it sooner rather than later.
> >
> > --Steve
> >
> >
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