[Tilecache] Help with installing tilecache on IIS

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 01:30:28AM -0700, Linda_Rawson wrote:
> 
> I just wanted to update this post.  I have repeated the installation of
> tilecache on IIS multiple times.  Here are the steps that I took.

And it worked, or didn't work?

-- Chris

> 1.  Download and install Python
> 2.  * Follow "Using Python Scripts with IIS" to setup Python CGI for IIS.
>   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276494
> 3.  Not only add .py to the ISAPI extensions but also .cgi.  I added the
> following:
> 
>      C:\Python25\python.exe -u "%s" "%s"   
>      Limit to GET,HEAD,POST
> 
> 4.  Add the EXACT same line to the web extensions and click allow.  Be
> really careful if you decide to edit metabase.xml.  I fried mine and had to
> rebuild it.  Make a backup before you do anything with this file.  You can
> enter the right values without editing the file.
> 5.  Change the base=C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\tmp tag in the .cfg file.
> 
> Linda Rawson
> 
> 
> Linda_Rawson wrote:
> > 
> >  Here ya go
> > 
> > # Configuration for MC TileCache
> > 
> > # [cache] section (mandatory!)
> > 
> > # type=DiskCache (works out of the box)
> > 
> > # base=<full path to cache directory>
> > 
> > # *or*
> > 
> > # type=MemoryCache (you'll need memcache.py and memcached running!)
> > 
> > # servers=192.168.1.1:11211
> > 
> > [cache]
> > 
> > type=DiskCache
> > 
> > base=C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\tmp
> > 
> > # [layername] -- all other sections are named layers
> > 
> > #
> > 
> > # type={MapServerLayer,WMSLayer}
> > 
> > # *** if you want to use MapServerLayer, you *must* have Python mapscript
> > 
> > # installed and available ***
> > 
> > #
> > 
> > # mapfile=<full path to map file> *** only applies to MapServerLayer ***
> > 
> > # url=<full URL of WMS> *** only applies to WMSLayer ***
> > 
> > # layers=<layer>[,<layer2>,<layer3>,...]
> > 
> > # *** optional iff layername if what
> > 
> > # your data source calls the layer **
> > 
> > # extension={png,jpeg,gif} *** defaults to "png" ***
> > 
> > # size=256,256 *** defaults to 256x256 ***
> > 
> > # bbox=-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 *** defaults to world in lon/lat ***
> > 
> > # srs=EPSG:4326 *** defaults to EPSG:4326 ***
> > 
> > # levels=20 *** defaults to 20 zoom levels ***
> > 
> > # resolutions=0.1,0.05,0.025,... *** defaults to global profile ***
> > 
> > # metaTile=true *** metatiling off by default
> > 
> > # requires python-imaging ***
> > 
> > # metaSize=5,5 *** size of metatile in tiles
> > 
> > # defaults to 5 x 5 ***
> > 
> > # metaBuffer=10 *** size of metatile buffer in px ***
> > 
> > #[vmap0]
> > 
> > #type=MapServerLayer
> > 
> > #layers=vmap0
> > 
> > #mapfile=/var/www/vmap0.map
> > 
> > [basic]
> > 
> > type=WMSLayer
> > 
> > url=http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0
> > 
> > extension=png
> > 
> > Linda
> > On 9/8/07, Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at metacarta.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 04:01:03PM -0600, Linda Rawson wrote:
> >> > I don't have firefox.  My customer wants only IE but I could download
> >> it
> >> I
> >> > guess.
> >>
> >> Yeah, Firefox would only be useful for debugging -- once you get it
> >> working it won't matter at all.
> >>
> >> > Someone else suggested that I change it to tilecache.py and then try
> >> and
> >> run
> >> > it.
> >> >
> >> > I got a little farther.
> >> >
> >> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >> >   File "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\tilecache-1.8.1\tilecache.py", line 4,
> >> in
> >> > <module>
> >> >     svc = Service.load("C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\tilecache-
> >> > 1.8.1\tilecache.cfg")
> >> >   File "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\tilecache-1.8.1\TileCache\Service.py",
> >> line
> >> > 346, in _load
> >> >     cache = cls.loadFromSection(config, "cache", Cache)
> >> >   File "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\tilecache-1.8.1\TileCache\Service.py",
> >> line
> >> > 326, in _loadFromSection
> >> >     type  = config.get(section, "type")
> >> >   File "C:\Python25\lib\ConfigParser.py", line 511, in get
> >> >     raise NoSectionError(section)
> >> > NoSectionError: No section: 'cache'
> >> >
> >> > Do these errors look familiar to you?  I have a 'cache' section but it
> >> > cannot find it.
> >>
> >> Weird. Can you send a copy of your tilecache.cfg to the list? (Leaving
> >> just the basic layer in is fine -- the important part is to see if it
> >> somehow got mangled.) It's possible that line endings could be a factor
> >> here: I haven't ever used Python on Windows, so I'm not sure.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> --
> >> Christopher Schmidt
> >> MetaCarta
> >>
> > 
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-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta