# HG changeset patch # User Ingo Weinzierl # Date 1277890427 0 # Node ID 706df18f0c01893b2520b8173a05e19b95485753 # Parent 411b09d348cad22f8b62b762518c47c3b0ee5831 Some refactoring of the proxy installation. doc/trunk@1250 c6561f87-3c4e-4783-a992-168aeb5c3f6f diff -r 411b09d348ca -r 706df18f0c01 doc/ChangeLog --- a/doc/ChangeLog Wed Jun 30 08:52:49 2010 +0000 +++ b/doc/ChangeLog Wed Jun 30 09:33:47 2010 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-06-30 Ingo Weinzierl + + * admin-manual/installation-base.tex: Some refactoring of the proxy + installation. + 2010-06-30 Ingo Weinzierl * config-manual/general_settings.tex: Removed section 'Adding new diff -r 411b09d348ca -r 706df18f0c01 doc/admin-manual/installation-base.tex --- a/doc/admin-manual/installation-base.tex Wed Jun 30 08:52:49 2010 +0000 +++ b/doc/admin-manual/installation-base.tex Wed Jun 30 09:33:47 2010 +0000 @@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ contains a XML document describing the capabilities of the mapserver. \subsection{Proxy-Script: Installation and Configuration} -The Proxy-Script is required to allow requests which are send by the Map-Client -which is integrated in the GNV-Web-Client. This is required because of security- -policies according Java-Script which load further Documents during runtime. +The Proxy-Script is required to allow the Map-Client to request external +services. Security policies forbit and prevent requesting those services - like +a GetFeatureInfo request - directly. \subsubsection{Installation} @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ \verb+ apt-get install python+ -Than the script itself must be published on the server by executing the +Then the script itself must be published on the server by executing the following steps: \begin{lstlisting} @@ -351,11 +351,12 @@ \end{lstlisting} \subsubsection{Configuration} -The Proxy-Script can only communicate with servers which it is allowed to. +The Proxy-Script can only communicate with servers it is allowed to. To enable the communication to the server where the UMN-Mapserver is hosted -or to other Server it is necessary to edit the Proxy-Script at line 18. +or to other Server it is necessary to edit {\tt allowedHosts} in the +Proxy-Script at line 18. -There you have tor replace the placeholder THISHOSTNAME with the name which +There you have to replace the placeholder THISHOSTNAME with the name which will be used to reach the GNV-Web-Client. You can add further servers using the syntax which is given in the script.