[mapserver-users] How to configure mapserver as a tile server?

[Stephen Woodbridge]

So the way this works is:

browser <----> mapcache <----> mapserver_wms

So look at the demo page if you have mapcache.xml configured then you 
should see a simple OpenLayers application that pulls tiles from mapcache.

your mapcache.xml needs look something like this. The referrences in the 
source block are explicit references to names in my mapfile. Obviously 
parameter values need to be change for your server and mapfile.

-Steve

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mapcache>
   <metadata>
     <title>iMaptools mapcache service</title>
     <abstract>Contains various services for iMaptools maps</abstract>
   </metadata>

   <cache name="disk" type="disk">
     <base>/u/mapcache</base>
     <symlink_blank/>
   </cache>

   <source name="tiger2011" type="wms">
     <getmap>
       <params>
         <FORMAT>image/png</FORMAT>
         <MAP_IMAGETYPE>agg_qn</MAP_IMAGETYPE>
         <LAYERS>Tiger_2011</LAYERS>
         <MAP>/u/data/tiger2011-maps/tiger2011-mc.map</MAP>
       </params>
     </getmap>

     <http>
       <url>http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv-60</url>
     </http>
   </source>

   <format name="PNGQ_FAST" type="PNG">
     <compression>fast</compression>
     <colors>256</colors>
   </format>

   <tileset name="tiger-base">
     <source>tiger2011</source>
     <cache>disk</cache>
     <grid>WGS84</grid>
     <grid>g</grid>
     <format>PNGQ_FAST</format>
     <metatile>5 5</metatile>
     <!-- metabuffer must be the abs() of what is in the mapfile -->
     <metabuffer>20</metabuffer>
     <expires>3600</expires>
   </tileset>

   <default_format>PNGQ_FAST</default_format>

   <service type="wms" enabled="true">
     <full_wms>assemble</full_wms>
     <resample_mode>bilinear</resample_mode>
     <format>PNGQ_FAST</format>
     <maxsize>4096</maxsize>
   </service>
   <service type="wmts" enabled="true"/>
   <service type="tms" enabled="true"/>
   <service type="kml" enabled="true"/>
   <service type="gmaps" enabled="true"/>
   <service type="ve" enabled="true"/>
   <service type="demo" enabled="true"/>

   <errors>report</errors>
   <lock_dir>/tmp</lock_dir>

</mapcache>


On 5/25/2013 9:47 AM, Hishan Melanga wrote:
> ok. Now I have http://example.com/mapcache/demo working. But how can I
> get my mapserver's wms connect to it.
>
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Hishan Melanga <hishanm at gmail.com
> <mailto:hishanm at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks. I installed mapcahe and started to learn about the xml
>     configuration file. Reading
>     http://mapserver.org/mapcache/config.html as a start. Hope it is the
>     first thing that I should do.
>
>
>     On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Stephen Woodbridge
>     <woodbri at swoodbridge.com <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com>> wrote:
>
>         On 5/24/2013 10:06 PM, Hishan Melanga wrote:
>
>             I have a working mapserver and I can view my map using
>             http://localhost/cgi-bin/__mapserv?map=/path/to/map&mode=__browse&template=openlayers&__layers=all
>             <http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/path/to/map&mode=browse&template=openlayers&layers=all>.
>             Now I want to give out those data to public as tiles giving
>             a single URL
>             such as tile.myserver.org <http://tile.myserver.org>
>             <http://tile.myproxy.org/>. How can I achieve
>
>             this using Mapserver? What is the place to start? What
>             tutorials I have
>             to read? I've read that Mapserver has a tile mode
>             <http://mapserver.org/output/__tile_mode.html
>             <http://mapserver.org/output/tile_mode.html>>.
>             Thanks in advance.
>
>
>         mapcache it the tile server for mapserver. So you will want to
>         look at that. The basic scenario is this:
>
>         1. setup mapserver as a WMS server
>         2. build and install mapcache as an apache module
>         3. setup a mapcache.xml to describe you WMS server, and your cache.
>             make sure you configure the demo service initially for testing
>             you can disable it later if you want
>         4. restart apache
>         5. http://example.com/mapcache/__demo
>         <http://example.com/mapcache/demo>
>
>         whenever you change your mapcache.xml you need to start apache
>         so it reads your changes.
>
>         -Steve W
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