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

Stephen Woodbridge woodbri at swoodbridge.com
Sun May 26 06:48:32 PDT 2013


For one thing Your mapcache.xml is requesting an image type agg_qn and 
that is not defined in your mapfile. It can be defined like:

     OUTPUTFORMAT
         NAME "agg_qn"
         DRIVER "AGG/PNG"
         EXTENSION "png"
         MIMETYPE "image/png"
         IMAGEMODE RGB
         FORMATOPTION "INTERLACE=false"
         FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_NEW=ON"
         FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_FORCE=ON"
         FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_DITHER=OFF"
         FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_COLORS=256"
         #TRANSPARENT ON
         #FORMATOPTION "TRANSPARENT=ON"
     END

Have you checked /var/log/apache2/error.log for error messages and 
checked your /tmp/ms_tmp/ms_error files?

/tmp/mapcache. is where you will be putting your tiles, this needs to be 
read/writable by the apache2 service and it needs to have enough space 
for all your tiles. Also I believe you HAVE to make the top level cache 
directory so in your case:

mkdir /tmp/mapcache/ms-base
chmod 777 /tmp/mapcache/ms-base

-Steve W

On 5/26/2013 3:14 AM, Hishan Melanga wrote:
> Can you take a look at my mapcache.xml
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yiwhofPOHDtKaFynhXdH0SPbQhojXZGnd5cw9dBNH7A/edit?usp=sharing>
> and my osm-google.map
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jjdKjJ1kxMFRGTJAstAJ5qk8zUo6MWsYLxW827bC2LM/edit?usp=sharing>
> file? I don't know what I have done wrong. It's not producing the tiles.
>
>
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Stephen Woodbridge
> <woodbri at swoodbridge.com <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 5/25/2013 11:08 PM, Hishan Melanga wrote:
>
>         What is the link to access the tiles in web browser if I used
>         your .xml
>         as the configuration? Is it still
>         http://example.com/mapcache/__demo
>         <http://example.com/mapcache/demo> or
>         something else.
>
>
>     You would replace example.com <http://example.com> with your host name.
>
>     Also note the blue (+] buttom in the upper right of the demo map
>     page, open this is you have multiple services or tilesets defined
>     and you can select that one you want to view.
>
>     Here is my demo page that has data for the US and is pulling tiles
>     from my mapcache instance.
>
>     http://imaptools.com:8080/__demo/tiger-demo2.html
>     <http://imaptools.com:8080/demo/tiger-demo2.html>
>
>     -Steve
>
>
>         On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Stephen Woodbridge
>         <woodbri at swoodbridge.com <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com>
>         <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.__com
>         <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com>>> wrote:
>
>              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
>         <http://localhost/cgi-bin/__mapserv-60>
>
>              <http://localhost/cgi-bin/__mapserv-60
>         <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
>         <http://example.com/mapcache/__demo>
>
>                  <http://example.com/mapcache/__demo
>         <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>
>         <mailto:hishanm at gmail.com <mailto:hishanm at gmail.com>>
>                  <mailto:hishanm at gmail.com <mailto:hishanm at gmail.com>
>         <mailto: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
>         <http://mapserver.org/mapcache/__config.html>
>
>                  <http://mapserver.org/__mapcache/config.html
>         <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>
>         <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.__com <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com>>
>                  <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.
>         <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.>____com
>
>                  <mailto: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>
>
>         <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>>
>
>
>
>         <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>
>
>         <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.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>
>                  <http://mapserver.org/output/____tile_mode.html
>         <http://mapserver.org/output/__tile_mode.html>>
>
>
>
>           <http://mapserver.org/output/____tile_mode.html
>         <http://mapserver.org/output/__tile_mode.html>
>                  <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>
>                  <http://example.com/mapcache/____demo
>         <http://example.com/mapcache/__demo>>
>
>
>                           <http://example.com/mapcache/____demo
>         <http://example.com/mapcache/__demo>
>                  <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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