[QGIS-Developer] QGIS Server 3 status

René-Luc Dhont rldhont at gmail.com
Fri Oct 13 00:50:26 PDT 2017


And I'm waiting to add WFS 1.1.0 support:
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/5297

Regards,
René-Luc

Le 13/10/2017 à 08:58, Régis Haubourg a écrit :
> Hi Anita,
>
> among the news, Paul is currently tackling OGC conformity issues.
> see :
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/5044
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/5084
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/5145
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/5150
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/5157
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/5303
>
> We still have some harder issues due to crashes of the OGC testing 
> platform.
>
> All tests are made using the "basic" level test (see 
> http://cite.opengeospatial.org/teamengine/about/wms/1.3.0/site/)
>
> When all will be green at this level, we'll run the platform with the 
> other testing levels so that we have a good overview of our path for a 
> full conformity of WMS 1.3.
>
> We'll prepare a dedicated blog post toi describe what were the issues 
> and what we did to fix them.
>
> Cheers!
> Régis
>
> 2017-10-12 22:56 GMT+02:00 Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at 
> <mailto:anitagraser at gmx.at>>:
>
>     Thanks everyone so far! Please keep the info coming. I'll draft a
>     blog post on the weekend.
>
>     Regards,
>     Anita
>
>     On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Alessandro Pasotti
>     <apasotti at gmail.com <mailto:apasotti at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi Règis,
>
>         thanks for the nice summary!
>
>         Maybe it would be interesting for python devs to stress out
>         how QGIS server 3 brings the bindings and the plugins to a new
>         level: while the original filter-style python plugins, are
>         still available, the new service-oriented plugin-based
>         architecture allows Python developers to create new services
>         (for example WPS) by implementing a new `QgsService` directly
>         in Python. Overriding existing services is also possible.
>
>         The server API has now full python bindings and a QGIS server
>         can be easily implemented directly in Python and wrapped into
>         your favourite framework (see this simple wsgi experiment:
>         https://gist.github.com/elpaso/0cd7fb6a0518dc46c45557d9133438b8
>         <https://gist.github.com/elpaso/0cd7fb6a0518dc46c45557d9133438b8>
>         ).
>
>         For more examples of the API, I think there are some basic
>         examples in the official Python tests:
>         https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver_services.py#L79
>         <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver_services.py#L79>
>
>
>
>         Cheers
>
>
>
>
>
>         On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:49 PM, Régis Haubourg
>         <regis.haubourg at gmail.com <mailto:regis.haubourg at gmail.com>>
>         wrote:
>
>             Well, from a user point of view, that's a bit hard since
>             all this is 90 % refactoring.. which is supposed to be
>             transparent for users.
>
>             We have the trust and multithreaded features, that should
>             (and early testers today found it slower today) and the
>             ability to code new services using python.
>             We can also show some numbers about OGC conformity tests
>             and the goal of reaching OGC certification (WMS only by now).
>
>             Alessandro, René-Luc and David, do you have some user
>             oriented examples for the new modular API ?
>
>
>
>             2017-10-04 22:18 GMT+02:00 Anita Graser
>             <anitagraser at gmx.at <mailto:anitagraser at gmx.at>>:
>
>                 Great overview, thanks for drafting Régis!
>
>                 Some additional ideas: Could we add a section with the
>                 key improvements from an user perspective?
>
>                 I'm particularly intrigued by the services / plugins
>                 part. Could you elaborate?
>
>                 Regards,
>                 Anita
>
>
>
>                 On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:42 PM, Régis Haubourg
>                 <regis.haubourg at gmail.com
>                 <mailto:regis.haubourg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                     Hi again,
>                     here is my very first draft:
>
>                      Several images can be pulled from the joined
>                     slides given at Foss4G-EU here
>                     https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzatQbprJ-hjWF95VzdHbGRsVEk/view?usp=sharing
>                     <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzatQbprJ-hjWF95VzdHbGRsVEk/view?usp=sharing>
>
>
>                     René-Luc, David, Paul, don't hesitate to amend that!
>
>                     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                     *Qgis server refactoring is done!
>                     *
>                     As you may know, QGIS is jumping to a new major
>                     version (yes!).
>                     Doing so was made necessary because of the need to
>                     switch to python 3, QT5, but also because we
>                     needed to break the QGIS API in several places.
>
>                     A year ago, a tiny troll
>                     <https://github.com/qgis/qgis3.0_api/issues/63>from
>                     switzerland rang a bell about the strong need for
>                     love server code base required.
>
>                     Indeed, the API was locked by some old methods of
>                     QGIS server. In short, QGIS server was reparsing
>                     the qgs project file in his own way, and created
>                     dependencies to part of QGIS we needed to drop.
>
>                     As outsourcing the server code base was not an
>                     option, so we had to refactor it.
>
>                     The involved parties decided to get engaged in a
>                     code sprint
>                     <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QGIS3---QGIS-Server-code-sprint-Notes> in
>                     the city of Lyon , France dedicated to sharing
>                     their vision, planning the work and finally making
>                     all the following
>                     <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/74> happen
>                     :
>
>
>                     *# Deep, complex and unrewarding tasks:
>                     *
>
>                     - Remove all singleton calls
>
>                     - Cut all the dependencies to the old qgis project
>                     parser
>
>                     - Minimize dependencies to GUI library. Since
>                     fonts are necessary to render maps, totally
>                     removing them was not feasable.
>
>                     *# Higher level refactoring*
>
>                     All services (WMS GetMap, WFS GetFeature,
>                     GetLegendGraphics, WCS, GetPrint etc..) have been
>                     rewritten. Some like WMS were entirely rewritten.
>                     Kudos to the dev's
>
>
>                     *# New features and architecture stuff*
>
>                     - QGIS Server Services as plugins like providers.
>                     (slide 10 would be a nice figure here)
>
>                     - Multi-thread rendering
>                     <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/3886>- like in
>                     the desktop
>
>                     - A new option to trust layer metadata
>                     <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/5094> and speed
>                     up project loading
>
>
>                     *# Infrastructure tasks*
>
>                     - Build a OGC compliancy platform
>                     <http://oslandia.com/en/2017/06/16/qgis-server-ogc-cite-compliance-testing/> and
>                     integrate it to a continuous integration platform.
>                     Conformity reports are now pushed to
>                     tests.qgis.org <http://tests.qgis.org> /XXX
>                     waiting for Richard to expose them in the website/
>                     /
>                     /
>                     - Add unit tests... and again more unit tests
>
>                     - Stress QGIS server against security leaks
>                     <http://oslandia.com/en/2017/06/14/qgis-server-security-aspect/> (SQL
>                     injections and other malicious attacks)
>
>                     - Start profiling and bench marking performances.
>                     This work still need some love - and funding - to
>                     be achieved
>
>
>                     A presentation
>                     <https://git.osgeo.org/gogs/foss4g-europe/foss4g-europe-2017-paris/src/master/presentations/2017-07-20/general_track/foss4g-europe-2017-QGIS_3_Refactoring_and_enhancement-DMarteau-PBlottiere.pdf> was
>                     given at FOSS4G-EU in July.
>
>                     *Congratulations* to the developers who worked
>                     hard on that work.
>
>                     Now this deserves to be well tested, please report
>                     back any issues!
>
>
>
>                     2017-10-04 15:17 GMT+02:00 Anita Graser
>                     <anitagraser at gmx.at <mailto:anitagraser at gmx.at>>:
>
>
>
>                         On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Régis Haubourg
>                         <regis.haubourg at gmail.com
>                         <mailto:regis.haubourg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                             Hi
>
>                             Yes, refactoring is now complete! see :
>                             https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/74#issuecomment-334123595
>                             <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/74#issuecomment-334123595>
>
>                             Anita, I'll draft an article tonight if
>                             you still agree to review it, that would
>                             be great!
>
>
>
>                         ​Sure!
>
>                         Anita
>
>
>
>
>
>
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