[QGIS-Developer] QGIS Server visibility and documentation

[Julien Cabieces]

Hi,

> Hi all,
>
> A dedicated logo and a dedicated landing page would be great (we could
> use server.qgis.org for example). Part of QGIS Server "identity" problem
> is because people think it as some QGIS additional feature. Not as
> something that can be deployed in a headless server, independently of
> QGIS. In fact, QGIS and QGIS Server share the same code base, but from a
> functional point of view, they are different applications, for different
> purposes. As developers, we put all the code in the same repo, but as
> marketeers, we should sell two different products :-)
>
> People looking for "map servers" should go there. Developers/sysops
> should be able to deploy new QGIS Server instances from there.
>
> Thank you Alexandre for volunteer. Julien, as far as I understood, will
> lead this QEP implementation. Thank you both.


Thank you Alexandre for proposing your help, we will come back to you
when we start.


>
> Regards,
>
> Jorge
>
> On 06/07/20 21:55, Alexandre Neto wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I agree the QGIS server deserves its own "document" in QGIS docs.
>> 
>> I Wouldn't mind assisting with that. Always a good opportunity to learn
>> more about it.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Alexandre
>> 
>> A segunda, 6/07/2020, 15:36, Julien Cabieces
>> <julien.cabieces at oslandia.com <mailto:julien.cabieces at oslandia.com>>
>> escreveu:
>> 
>> 
>>     Hi,
>> 
>>     > Hi,
>>     >
>>     > During our recent meeting about QGIS Server it was pointed out that
>>     > QGIS Server does not have all the visibility that it deserves.
>>     >
>>     > One of the possible actions is to move the server documentation to its
>>     > own independent chapter.
>>     >
>> 
>>     +1
>> 
>>     > The server documentation is now mainly mainly buried deep under
>>     >
>>     https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_ogc/server/index.html
>>     >
>>     > A few other resources are in:
>>     > the training manual:
>>     >
>>     https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/training_manual/qgis_server/index.html
>>     > and
>>     >
>>     https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/pyqgis_developer_cookbook/server.html
>>     >
>>     > I was wondering this activity a could be performed as a part of the
>>     > paid/funded activity
>>     > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/184
>> 
>>     Yes, I believe it should. We'll do it while we realize the QEP.
>> 
>>     >
>>     > Kind regards
>> 
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