[mapserver-users] Getting started with mapcache for WMTS...

[Scott]

Try using mapcache seeder. That will create some cached images to work 
with. It will also test your mapcache config:

https://mapserver.org/mapcache/seed.html

How you use those tiles is a whole different subject.



On 10/25/21 2:54 PM, Carl Godkin wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> Is there a way to search through the mapserver-users mailing list 
> archive except month-by-month?  If so, I can't find it.  (I usually use 
> my Gmail archives for GDAL and PROJ since I've subscribed forever to 
> those but I'm a mapserver newbie.)  Anyway...
> 
> I am trying to configure mapcache to serve from my (local and AFAICT 
> fully working) WMS server on my MS4W 4.0.5 installation.  I am following 
> the  directions at https://mapserver.org/mapcache/index.html 
> <https://mapserver.org/mapcache/index.html> as well as the steps listed 
> from the local MS4W page (#mapcache-apache-module).
> 
> I think I understand the basic principles and have added a new source 
> that looks like this:
> 
> <source name="faa" type="wms">
> <getmap>
> <params>
> <FORMAT>image/geotiff</FORMAT>
> <LAYERS>FAA_Sectional_Charts</LAYERS>
> <TRANSPARENT>TRUE</TRANSPARENT>
> <SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS>
> <BBOX>-125,24,-61,49</BBOX>
> </params>
> </getmap>
> <http>
> <url>http://localhost:8080/wms <http://localhost:8080/wms></url>
> </http>
> </source>
> 
> and a new tileset that looks like this:
> 
> <tileset name="faa">
> <source>faa</source>
> <cache>disk</cache>
> <grid>WGS84</grid>
> <format>PNG</format>
> <metatile>5 5</metatile>
> <metabuffer>10</metabuffer>
> <expires>3600</expires>
> </tileset>
> (This is the same as the "test" tileset with a different source.)
> 
> But how do I test this? The query
> 
> http://localhost:8080/mapcache/wmts?service=wmts&request=getcapabilities&version=1.0.0 
> <http://localhost:8080/mapcache/wmts?service=wmts&request=getcapabilities&version=1.0.0>
> 
> lists my new source as a layer. The docs say
> 
>  5.
> 
>     Test your MapCache configuration by following steps in the
>     associated MapCache testing docs
>     <https://mapserver.org/mapcache/install.html#test-your-mapcache-module>
> 
> but that seems to be about testing the mapcache/demo.  I don't see how 
> to add something to the mapcache/demo if that's possible.  What am I 
> overlooking?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> carl
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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