[Qgis-developer] QGIS Server and QGIS_OPTION(S)_PATH

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Jürgen,

Thank you for the clarifications. Are the file paths/names case 
sensitive? On Unix I would assume yes?

Andreas

Am 2015-02-16 10:55, schrieb Jürgen E. Fischer:
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> On Mon, 16. Feb 2015 at 10:41:23 +0100, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>> 1. should it be QGIS_OPTIONS_PATH or QGIS_OPTION_PATH? I see both 
>> variations
>>    out there.
> 
> $ git grep -n QGIS_OPTIONS
> ChangeLog:9620:    mapserver QGIS_OPTIONS_PATH support, fixes #10327
> src/server/qgis_map_serv.cpp:253:  QString optionsPath = getenv(
> "QGIS_OPTIONS_PATH" );
> 
> So it's QGIS_OPTIONS_PATH.
> 
>> 2. So if, my ini-file is in /etc/QGIS/QGIS.ini I need to point
>>    QGIS_OPTIONS_PATH to /etc/QGIS ?
> 
> With QGIS_OPTIONS_PATH set to /etc/qgis it looks in (from strace -f -p
> $PIDOFAPACHESLAVE -e open):
> 
> [pid  6047] open("/etc/qgis/QGIS/QGIS2.ini", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1
> ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> [pid  6047] open("/etc/qgis/QGIS.ini", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> [pid  6047] open("/etc/xdg/QGIS/QGIS2.ini", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1
> ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> [pid  6047] open("/etc/xdg/QGIS.ini", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> 
>> 3. should it be QGIS.ini or QGIS2.ini ?
> 
> Apparently both work and QGIS2.ini in the QGIS subdirectory takes 
> precedence.
> 
> 
>> I found documentation at 
>> http://docs.qgis.org/2.6/uk/docs/user_manual/working_with_ogc/ogc_server_support.html#environment-variables
>> ----------------
>> 
>> 
>>     QGIS_OPTIONS_PATH: The variable specifies path to directory with
>> settings. It works the same ways as QGIS application –optionspath
>> option. It is looking for settings file in
>> <QGIS_OPTIONS_PATH>/QGIS/QGIS2.ini. For exaple, to set QGIS server
>> on Apache to use /path/to/config/QGIS/QGIS2.ini settings file, add
>> to Apache config:
>> 
>>     SetEnv QGIS_OPTIONS_PATH "/path/to/config/"
>> 
>> ----------------
>> 
>> Is this information wrong then?
> 
> No, but it describes just the first option.
> 
> 
> Jürgen
> 
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