[Qgis-user] where to install qgis-web-client on Mac OSX 10.8.4

Tue Jul 9 09:11:35 PDT 2013

anywhere you like and Apache can access them (on a Linux system file 
permissions must match, I put them in a subdirectory of /srv/www)

Bernhard

Am 09.07.2013 17:59, schrieb Marcel Stadelmann:
> Where can I see the path to QGIS WMS Server directory? I don't know
> where to save the *.qgs files, so that the QGIS server can find it.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Marcel
>
> Am 09.07.2013 um 16:36 schrieb Marcel Stadelmann
> <marcel.stadelmann at gmx.net <mailto:marcel.stadelmann at gmx.net>>:
>
>> Hi Bernhard,
>>
>> Thanks for the answers.
>> Am 09.07.2013 um 15:20 schrieb Bernhard Ströbl
>> <bernhard.stroebl at jena.de <mailto:bernhard.stroebl at jena.de>>:
>>
>>> Hi Marcel,
>>>
>>> the way to call your QGIS server is something like:
>>> http://localhost/qgis-mapserv/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=<path_to_your_map>/yourmap.qgs?REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3
>>> <http://localhost/qgis-mapserv/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=%3Cpath_to_your_map%3E/yourmap.qgs?REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3>
>>> to get the server's capabilites
>>> be sure to know the possible requests a WMS server can reply to, see
>>> e.g. [1]
>>>
>>> The client accesses the server and not vice versa.
>> Ok, I think I understand the philosophy.
>>
>>>
>>> Steps to do:
>>> 1) Install QGIS server (done)
>>> 2) Feed QGIS server with a qgis project (*.qgs file)
>> I saved a QGIS test project with wms capabilites under
>> /Users/Marcello/Downloads/test/alaska.qgs
>>
>> The reply of
>> http://localhost/qgis-mapserv/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/Users/Marcello/Downloads/test/alaska.qgs&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
>> <http://localhost/qgis-mapserv/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/Users/Marcello/Downloads/test/alaska.qgs&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities>
>> in Safari is:
>> Configuration file problem : perhaps you left off the .qgs extension?
>>
>> Does the project path need special permissions?
>>
>>> 3) access QGIS server from a WMS client (e.g. QGIS desktop) to verify
>>> it is running and delivers maps.
>> Isn't it easier to test this with Safari? In QGIS I tried to load the
>> alaska layer through "add wms-layer". But i couldn't connect to my
>> localhost. I don't know what url exactly is needed. I tried with
>> http://localhost/Users/Marcello/Downloads/test/alaska.qgs but its not
>> working. The message was:
>> Antwort nicht verstanden. Der wms-Provider sagte:
>> Eigenschaften-Abfrage gescheitert: Error downloading
>> http://localhost/Users/Marcello/Downloads/test/alaska.qgs?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
>> <http://localhost/Users/Marcello/Downloads/test/alaska.qgs?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities>
>> - server replied: Not Found
>>
>>> 4) install and configure QWC, see [2]
>> Where are this kind of projects normally saved in OSX? I think the QWC
>> files needs to be saved in the project file (in my case under
>> /Users/Marcello/Downloads/test)?
>>>
>>> Bernhard
>>>
>>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Map_Service
>>> [2]https://github.com/qgis/qgis-web-client
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 09.07.2013 13:24, schrieb Marcel Stadelmann:
>>>> Hi Bernhard,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for answering. On my Mac the Apache server works. The QGIS
>>>> Server is installed according the Tutorial
>>>> http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/QGIS_Server_Tutorial. It
>>>> also seems to work. When I open the link
>>>> http://localhost/qgis-mapserv/qgis_mapserv.fcgi? I get the following
>>>> message from Safari: Please check the value of the REQUEST parameter.
>>>>
>>>> Now I try to configure and publish a simple QGIS project. But I don't
>>>> know where to put the files. I also don't understand how the QGIS Server
>>>> finds the path to the Web Client, because at the moment I have the
>>>> qgis-web-client folder in /Users/Marcello/Downloads.
>>>>
>>>> Marcel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 09.07.2013 um 12:52 schrieb Bernhard Ströbl
>>>> <bernhard.stroebl at jena.de <mailto:bernhard.stroebl at jena.de>
>>>> <mailto:bernhard.stroebl at jena.de>>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Marcel,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am sorry, I do not really understand your question, so I explain
>>>>> some things, maybe you can reformulate your question and people with
>>>>> Mac OSX knowledge can help you then.
>>>>> qgis-web-client (QWC) is a JavaScript program to be run in a browser.
>>>>> To deliver QWC to the browser of your clients you need a web server
>>>>> (e.g. Apache). You can put QWC whereeever your web server can access
>>>>> it. QWC needs QGIS Server (a WMS server), normally you would run QGIS
>>>>> server on the same machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bernhard
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 09.07.2013 11:18, schrieb Marcel Stadelmann:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I try to install the qgis-web-client on a Mac OSX 10.8.4. But I don't
>>>>>> understand where exactly I have to put it? I think the
>>>>>> "/home/web/qgis-web-client" path is not for OSX?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>> Marcel
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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