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My target is to set up a WMS that can be displayed with OpenLayers.

Therefore I have set up GeoServer (2.10.1) on a Windows machine (Windows Server 2008 R2) and am successful to the point that I can reach the GeoServer interface on localhost:myport/geoserver including layer previews. On the machine itself I can also reach GeoServer via mydomain.com:myport/geoserver.

But I cannot reach it either from any other computer or via QGIS GeoServer Explorer plugin...

When I copy the layer preview URL to a browser on another machine, it ends up with a ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT.

I have tried setting the proxy URL in "Global Settings" to http://www.mydomain.com, but that didn't make a difference.

There is already a xampp installation running with Apache, Tomcat & MySQL. As Tomcat is already using port 8080, I am using another port for GeoServer.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

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    open the firewall for the port you are using?
    – Ian Turton
    Commented Jan 9, 2017 at 16:47
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    Can you proxy your GeoServer WMS service through your existing Apache-HTTP service?
    – nmtoken
    Commented Jan 9, 2017 at 17:30
  • @nmtoken: Thanks for the hint! I did it according to gis.stackexchange.com/questions/31750/… . And it worked, yeah! Now, I still need to enable this for SSL...
    – Franka
    Commented Jan 10, 2017 at 10:44

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Ok, so for other newbies to this topic:

First, I set up a proxy in my Apache (conf/httpd.conf) by enabling some modules and adding a VirtualHost section, according to How to proxy Geoserver through Apache in Windows.

Then, to enable SSL, I added another VirtualHost in conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf, according to http://documents.software.dell.com/desktop-workspace/4.0/advanced-setup-guide/deploying-a-reverse-proxy-server-with-apache:

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName mydomain.com
    ServerAlias www.mydomain.com
    DocumentRoot "path/to/my/root"
    ErrorLog "logs/error-ssl.log"
    CustomLog "logs/access-ssl.log" common
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost Off

    <Location />
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    </Location>

    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile "path/to/my/file"
    SSLCertificateKeyFile "path/to/my/file"
    ProxyPass /geoserver http://localhost:myport/geoserver
    ProxyPassReverse /geoserver http://localhost:myport/geoserver
    SSLProxyEngine On
</VirtualHost>
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  • When I added SSL in a similar environment I used conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf rather than httpd-vhosts.conf. I am using the same domain name for http and https and it is working well.
    – Ralph Dell
    Commented Jan 10, 2017 at 14:45
  • @RalphDell: I figured I could have used httpd-ssl.conf as well, but wanted to stick to that guide. Did you use the same kind of virtualhost definition or does it work any different there?
    – Franka
    Commented Jan 11, 2017 at 14:48
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    Here is my Virtual host definition, it is very similar. I am not running my geoserver request through ssl. <VirtualHost default:443> DocumentRoot "path/to/my/root" ServerName mydomain.com:443 SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile "path/to/cert.pem" SSLCertificateKeyFile "path/to//key.pem" # I also needed this, on some browsers I was getting an invalid certificate error, # my certificate files are from godaddy and supplied to me by our IT dept ( very helpful ) SSLCACertificateFile "path/to/gd_bundle-g2-g1.crt" </VirtualHost>
    – Ralph Dell
    Commented Jan 12, 2017 at 15:33
  • I apologize for my bad code editing
    – Ralph Dell
    Commented Jan 12, 2017 at 15:41
  • with my new ssl certificates supplied to me today, by our IT dept, I no longer needed SSLCACertificateFile "path/to/gd_bundle-g2-g1.crt"
    – Ralph Dell
    Commented Jan 13, 2017 at 15:33

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