[Tilecache] Help with installing tilecache on IIS

[Linda Rawson]

I posted because I was successful!  I am so psyched!  I know...I'm a
tree-hugging IIS lover...LOL!

Linda Rawson


On 10/15/07, Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at metacarta.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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