[Qgis-user] QGIS Server not working in Xubuntu - Virtualbox

[Alex Mandel]

On 03/11/2014 05:09 PM, Leandro Sastre Salim wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having problems in order to get QGIS running under a virtual machine of
> Xubuntu 13.10
> 
> I've installed QGIS from the repos and QGIS server following these
> instructions:
> 
> http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/QGIS_Server_Tutorial#DebianUbuntu-Linux
> 
> Everything installed fine. When I go to http://localhost/ I get
> 
>>
>> It works!
>> This is the default web page for this server.
>> The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.
> 
> 
> If I go to the qgus_mapserv.fcgi URL firefox tries to download the file,
> 
> [image: Inline images 1]
> 
> Configuring WMS in QGIS obvioulsy gets an error:
> 
> No se pudo entender la respuesta. El proveedor wms dijo:
>> No se pudieron obtener las capacidades WMS: error occurred while parsing
>> element en la línea 1 columna 1
>> Esto se debe probablemente a una URL incorrecta del servidor WMS.
>> La respuesta fue:
>> ELF



>> URL probada:
>> http://localhost/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
> 
> 
> I've tried to reinstall QGIS server, apache but it doen't solves the
> problem. Any input would be much appreciate.
> 
> Thanks in advance, cheers.
> Leandro
> 

Try to create a sample project. I've found that the official test
instructions return a false negative and in fact it does work if you hit
a real project.

Thanks,
Alex