Access MapStore/MapViewer from external (internet)

[ankit...@gmail.com]

Screenshot: Accessing from - http://localhost:8080/mapstore/manager        
Screenshot: Accessing from outside http://11.12.13.14:8080/mapstore/manager (map layers missing!!!!!)

Hi There,
I've recently installed MapStore on a remote Virtual Server (i.e. VPS) and have been playing around.

1. In MapManager, I've kept few map layers open to 'Everyone'.
2. I've allowed Inbound traffic on Port 80.
3. On VPS with http://localhost:8080/mapstore/manager, I can see all layers (even without login!)
4. From internet when I access the map with http://11.12.13.14:8080/mapstore/manager, I do get the same map-extent, but layers are missing.
Screenshots attached:

Any guidance will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Ankit

[Mauro Bartolomeoli]

Hi Ankit,

where is GeoServer located?

To be accessible from Internet it should be located on a public internet address. If, for example, you configured the wms source pointing to localhost or an internal ip you won't be able to see the layers when accessing MapStore through Internet.

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[ankit...@gmail.com]

Thanks Mauro for your quick reply,
Both MapStore and GeoServer are located on remote Server/VPS. Inbound traffic on Port 80 on the server is allowed.
From the internet/outside world, I can access both MapStore and GeoServer via http://11.12.13.14/mapstore or http://11.12.13.14/geoserver respectively.

However, in MapStore, wms source is pointing to localhost (as both are on the same ip). Or should I point wms source (in the MapStore confguration file, that is located in webapps/mapstore/WEB-INF/app/static/config/mapStoreConfig.js, adding to the gsSources section a new object similar to this one) as follows:

 

"geoserver": {

            "ptype": "gxp_wmssource",

            "title": "Local GeoServer",

            "version":"1.1.1",

            "url": "http://11.12.13.14:8080/geoserver/ows"

        }

Thanks in advance,
Ankit

[Mauro Bartolomeoli]

Hi Ankit,

2015-06-08 16:46 GMT+02:00 <ankit...@gmail.com>:

Thanks Mauro for your quick reply,
Both MapStore and GeoServer are located on remote Server/VPS. Inbound traffic on Port 80 on the server is allowed.
From the internet/outside world, I can access both MapStore and GeoServer via http://11.12.13.14/mapstore or http://11.12.13.14/geoserver respectively.

However, in MapStore, wms source is pointing to localhost (as both are on the same ip). Or should I point wms source (in the MapStore confguration file, that is located in webapps/mapstore/WEB-INF/app/static/config/mapStoreConfig.js, adding to the gsSources section a new object similar to this one) as follows:

 

"geoserver": {

            "ptype": "gxp_wmssource",

            "title": "Local GeoServer",

            "version":"1.1.1",

            "url": "http://11.12.13.14:8080/geoserver/ows"

        }

You are correct, you should point to http://11.12.13.14:8080/geoserver/ows. This is because the GeoServer url needs to be accessible by the browser on the internet.

Let me know if it works with this new configuration.

Ragards,

Mauro

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[ankit...@gmail.com]

Hi Mauro,
Sorry, the problem persists despite configuring mapStoreConfig.js as suggested.

I've noticed another thing. http://11.12.13.14:8080/geoserver/ows gives me the following:

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

      <ServiceExceptionReport version="1.3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/ogc http://11.12.13.14:8080/geoserver/schemas/wms/1.3.0/exceptions_1_3_0.xsd"><ServiceException code="MissingParameterValue" locator="request">
      Could not determine geoserver request from http request org.geoserver.platform.AdvancedDispatchFilter$AdvancedDispatchHttpRequest@4eca6e98
</ServiceException></ServiceExceptionReport>

I have had Geoserver.war (from http://geoserver.org/release/stable/) file deployed on Tomcat earlier. This I've undeployed and replaced with GeoSolution's GeoServer Enterprise (from http://geoserver.geo-solutions.it/downloads/releases/2.2.x/2.2.6-ENTERPRISE/) geoserver-2.2.6-ENTERPRISE-war file.

I can't understand the issue now!
Thanks,
Ankit

[Mauro Bartolomeoli]

Hi Ankit,

2015-06-08 17:54 GMT+02:00 <ankit...@gmail.com>:

Hi Mauro,
Sorry, the problem persists despite configuring mapStoreConfig.js as suggested.

I've noticed another thing. http://11.12.13.14:8080/geoserver/ows gives me the following:

That's just the basic url, MapStore appends several parameters to have a list of GeoServer capabilities. This is a sample request:

http://11.12.13.14:8080/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities

You could use your browser tools (Developer Tools for Chrome, Firefox or IE) to inspect the urls called by MapStore and the received responses, and see if anything wrong is happening. I could do that for you, but I think that URL is not accessible from here, right?

 

I have had Geoserver.war (from http://geoserver.org/release/stable/) installed earlier. This I've undeployed (on Tomcat) and replaced with GeoSolution's GeoServer Enterprise (from http://geoserver.geo-solutions.it/downloads/releases/2.2.x/2.2.6-ENTERPRISE/).

I would suggest going back to the stable release, 2.2.6-ENTERPRISE is quite old.

 

Regards,

Mauro

[ankit...@gmail.com]

****** SOLVED *******

Many thanks to Geo-Solutions team. They have been very pro-active to support the GeoServer open-source community.

Here is the conclusion:

1. Install http_proxy.war file (available as part of standard binary, http://mapstore.geo-solutions.it/mapstore/) on to Tomcat.
2. There may be some problem with existing GeoServer installed on Tomcat (I had this issue!).
3. Undeploy old version of GeoServer.War and fresh deploy the latest version of GeoServer (http://geoserver.org/download/).
4. Restart Tomcat.
5. Open Port 80 to inbound traffic in windows (help: http://wiki.mcneel.com/zoo/window7firewall)

Once done both GeoServer (http://11.12.13.14:8080/geoserver/web) and MapStore (for ex. http://11.12.13.14:8080/mapstore/manager) can be accessed from internet (from outside world!). Please note the IP here is only for example.

Best wishes to all newbies like me.
Ankit