RE [Polluriel potentiel] Re: [mapserver-users] Relative path's in mapfile

[Steve.Toutant at inspq.qc.ca]

How do you manage the server/domain name in the mapfile for 
wms_onlineressource when migrating from dev to prod environment.
Per example,
http://localhost:80/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=MYMAP

Do we need to manually change localhost:80 before migrating to prod?
thanks
steve




Richard Greenwood <richard.greenwood at gmail.com>@lists.osgeo.org 
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2012-01-24 21:16

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[Polluriel potentiel]  Re: [mapserver-users] Relative path's in mapfile








2012/1/24 Juan Jesús Cremades Monserrat <relicary at gmail.com>:
> Hi!
>
> I'm creating a new mapfile and when I arrive to the WMS_ONLINERESOURCE
> tag  the "map" paremeter at the URL I would like i'll be a relative 
path,
> non an absolute.
>
> For example, now my mapfile is like this:
>
> "wms_onlineresource"
> "
http://localhost:80/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=C%3A%5CFiles%5Capps%5Cdemo%5CdemoCV.map
"
>
> And the great solution could be:
>
> "wms_onlineresource"
> "http://localhost:80/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=%5Capps%5Cdemo%5CdemoCV.map
"
>
> Is it possible? Thanks

I believe the map file path is relative to mapserv.exe. You can test
this yourself.

A more common and flexible approach is to set and environment variable
in your Apache httpd.conf file, for example
  SetEnv MYMAP   "C:/Files/apps/demo/demoCV.map"
Those are forward slashes not back slashes even though it's Windows.
And your URL is now
  http://localhost:80/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=MYMAP
This is considered to be more secure because you are not exposing your
file system path to the public.

Rich
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www.greenwoodmap.com
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