[MapServer-users] mapserver.conf question

[Brent Wood]

 do you mean:
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Thanks....

    On Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 06:51:01 PM GMT+12, Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net> wrote:  
 
 I was in the same position :-)

What I did on my laptop (running apache):

In apache.conf you can set it by using:

SetEnv MAPSERVER_CONFIG_FILE /opt/mapserver/mapserver.conf

If you use Nginx though (which apparently lacks env variables) I used:

https://gist.github.com/lhammond/f59d8db526101e9896d0c9bdd8f15139

https://mkliver.github.io/blog/mapserver-ubuntu-nginx

But maybe others have better solutions...

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde



On 5/28/24 02:52, Brent Wood via MapServer-users wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm coming back to mapserver after many years away & have a question. Probably more later...
> 
> I'm setting things up & get the error message:
> /msLoadConfig(): Unable to access file. See mapserver.org/mapfile/config.html for more information.
> /
> /
> /
> I'm running on Linux Mint (Ubuntu) so the default location is presumably /usr/local/etc/mapserver.conf
> 
> I have copied/renamed the sample file here & given read access to www-data. Still get the error message.
> 
> The docs suggest using the MAPSERVER_CONFIG_FILE environment variable.
> 
> I entered the following into the /etc/environment file, which I thought was supposed to work (according to Dr Google),
> MAPSERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/usr/local/etc/mapserver.conf"
> 
> I still get the error, and if I open a new shell (as me), the variable is not set, so that isn't working as I expected.
> 
> 
> Can anyone suggest how/where the environment variable should be set for mapserver to find the file?
> (or any other way to get this working)
> 
> I think it would be useful to include this info in the docs, as it is not apparent to me, and perhaps others.
> 
> 
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