[Qgis-user] Adding a Mac to a group of PCs

Wed Sep 2 08:30:30 PDT 2015

You don't need a VM, it could run a server, you just need postgres on a network that is accessible to everyone you want to use it.

Regardless, If this means the public internet I would highly recommend a nonstandard port and would highly suggest client certificates based authentication.

Also look into tools like fail2ban and how they can be configured to work for failed postgres logins as well.

Jim

On September 2, 2015 10:45:09 AM EDT, "Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)" <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
>All,
>
>Oops, I responded to the wrong thread (group actually)
>
>But really, if you wanted to run POSTGIS(Postgres) in the cloud, you
>would just set up a remote VM with OS of you choice), set up
>Postgres/PostGIS and use it from there.  You can filter the remote
>connections from within the Postgres config, etc.
>
>bobb
>
>On Sep 2, 2015, at 9:23 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
><bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us<mailto:bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us>>
>wrote:
>
>You could use WebDAV to handle the sharing.  All web based, and can
>look the same across all clients.
>
>bobb
>
>
>
>On Sep 1, 2015, at 8:59 PM, John Harrop
><jcharrop at gmail.com<mailto:jcharrop at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>Any suggestions on how to "cloudify" PostGIS?  I would like to use it
>as well and shared across more than the local network.
>
>Cheers,
>
>John
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Sep 1, 2015, at 9:38 AM, didier peeters
><dpeeter1 at ulb.ac.be<mailto:dpeeter1 at ulb.ac.be>> wrote:
>
>Arni,
>
>Postgis is certainly an excellent option.
>Regarding the data sources, currently QGis cannot use relative paths to
>files or photos (at least) but to svg's in styling (and maybe other, I
>don’t have an exhaustive list). One option to bypass the files issue
>would be to use a web server and store URL instead of internal paths. 
>For instance you could have a web server, and whenever a file (or
>photo) is added generate with a Postgresql trigger the corresponding
>url in another attribute, making the file available to all the users,
>either through a form or through an action.
>
>Didier
>
>
>Le 1 sept. 2015 à 17:45, Árni Geirsson
><arni at alta.is<mailto:arni at alta.is>> a écrit :
>
>Thanks Jim
>Your answer encourages me to try the PostGIS option - it obviously has
>some other useful advantages. But your reply also made me realize that
>the problem is really that much of the data I have is on another
>network share - hence the problem with the paths. I should simply move
>the data so that everything is on the same share and and then, relative
>paths will solve the problem.
>Again, thank you for a very helpful answer.
>
>Arni
>
>
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>On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 3:26 PM, James Keener
><jim at jimkeener.com<mailto:jim at jimkeener.com>> wrote:
>Re: postgresql in my experience it's neither cumbersome nor slow. Feel
>free to email me for help if you would like to explore that route.
>
>Are the paths in you qgs file relative or absolute? If their relative,
>is the issue that the path separator is different? If that is the
>issue, I would file a bug report. (If they are absolute, try saving
>them with relative paths.)
>
>Jim
>
>On September 1, 2015 11:12:10 AM EDT, "Árni Geirsson"
><arni at alta.is<mailto:arni at alta.is>> wrote:
>Hi
>I am adding a Mac to a local network of PCs. The Mac user uses QGIS (as
>well as the PCs) and accesses data on a shared drive. Now the problem
>comes up that data sources have different paths to the shared drive in
>each operating system, making cooperation difficult. On the other hand,
>since the .qgs file is easy to edit, some simple solution might map the
>paths automatically on open and back on save, to compensate for these
>differences. And maybe there is some other solution out there.
>I realize that having all shared data in PostGIS might be one way to
>solve this but I suspect that it might be both slower and a little more
>cumbersome.
>All thoughts and suggestions are highly appreciated.
>
>Árni Geirsson
>
>
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