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I have just installed QGIS server on my Windows 7 machine. The installation went fine after some googling to find all the bits and pieces that needed to be done and I can fetch my get capabilities document and see the test.qgs project I added to the server.

However I can't seem to successfully connect to the service in QGIS, I get the error below.

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Is there something on the apache configuration that I have missed which would allow or deny users access to the service?

Thanks

EDIT: Platform: Windows 7, and installed Apache through the OSGEO4W Installer. Okay so I installed apache and QGIS Server through an admin account which was setup by our service desk then it was taken away after the install. So when I run QGIS under my normal account I get the error in the above picture. I asked for the admin account again, chose to open QGIS by going "Run as administrator" and everything worked just fine. I could connect to the wms and see my test service. How do I modify apache to allow access for my regular windows account?

Ando

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It sounds like it is working through a web browser OK. Is this correct? – dakcarto May 25 '12 at 0:28
Yeah - on my machine to localhost – Ando May 25 '12 at 1:21

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Ahhh - Sorry I may not have added all the necessary information in my original question. But here are the details of what worked for me.

I was using a httpProxy in QGIS. In the section "Exclude URLs (starting with)" I added the server name I was trying to access and that solved the access issue.

@dakcarto, I appreciate the speedy assistance you were able to offer.

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Glad to hear you got it figured. Good to know about the proxy settings possibly affecting the server that way. – dakcarto Jun 4 '12 at 2:38
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3a. Apache (2.2.14-4 from OSGeo4W) does not have any default IP/port set and it fails to start. Edit the file

c:/osgeo4w/apache/conf/httpd.conf

and change

Listen @apache_port_number@

to your needs, for example, to listen on port 80,use

Listen 80

http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/QGIS_Server_Tutorial

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Ando mentioned "can fetch my get capabilities document and see the test.qgs project I added to the server." So, I think Apache is already running, and a map is being served. Just fails to connect from within QGIS. – dakcarto May 25 '12 at 0:26
That's correct dakcarto. Apache is operating through port 80 – Ando May 25 '12 at 1:22
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I'm guessing here, since I haven't used OSGeo4W yet (Mac and Linux, usually), but it looks like you have not defined a MAP parameter in your WMS configuration's URL. According to the MAP parameter description:

"If not specified, QGIS searches for .qgs files in the directory where the server executable is located."

So I think Apache's user doesn't have permission to serve from wherever the qgis_mapserv binary is located.

Try adding the MAP parameter and path to the WMS connection URL ( without the brackets [ ] ):

http://localhost/qgis/qgis_mapserv.fcgi.exe?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&MAP=[c:/path/to/your/map.qgs]
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Again that works fine in the browser but will not load the WMS into QGIS. I've never had a problem adding a WMS to QGIS server before, so I think it is definitely something in my apache setup. – Ando May 25 '12 at 2:52
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The last thing I can think of, as far as QGIS is concerned, is underdark's answer here: gis.stackexchange.com/questions/17552/… But I don't see what that would fix, permission-wise. Really curious that it works in a browser but not via QGIS. – dakcarto May 25 '12 at 3:39
Hey Dakcarto - I modified the above question to more accurately reflect the issue. I installed the application from the start under an administrative account and then I was demoted back to a regular user. I am thinking this is what has stuffed me up. – Ando May 27 '12 at 21:50
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In the QGIS WMS connection dialogue there is “Ignore GetMap URI …” and “Ignore GetFeature URI …”. Checking these options might solve the problem.

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