[Mapserver-users] Mapfile in WMS

[Daniel Morissette]

nicolas.fortin at ec.gc.ca wrote:
> Hi!
>  
> I just test some Mapfile for WMS and it works pretty fine but I wonder 
> if I can avoid putting the path to the mapfile in the parameter.
> Ex: 
> http://blablabla/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=*tutorial366/s2/s2ex8.map*&REQUEST=GetCapabilities 
> <blablabla/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=tutorial366/s2/s2ex8.map&REQUEST=GetCapabilities>
> I want it like 
> http://blablabla/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=s2ex8.map&REQUEST=GetCapabilities 
> <http://blablabla/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=s2ex8.map&REQUEST=GetCapabilities>
> 
> This way, I have to put the Mapfile at the root, right?? Or perhaps I 
> missed something....?
>  


If you pass a relative path in the map=...parameterd then the path 
should be relative to the working directory of your CGI, I never tried 
this, but this would likely mean relative to the cgi-bin directory.

If you use Apache then you can get rid of the map=... parameter 
completely using the SetEnvIf directive, see the section "More About the 
Online Resource URL" in the WMS Server HOWTO:
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc40/wms-server-howto.html#onlineresourceurl

Daniel
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