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I have a problem with proxy.cgi. I read other posts but didn't find a solution. When I make my WFS request in console, the following error comes up: "POST http:// localhost:8081/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8080%2Fgeoserver%2Fwfs 404 (Not Found)", in other words the application don't find my proxy.cgi file. My settings are:

  • OpenLayers.ProxyHost="/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi?url=" in OpenLayers.js;
  • uncomment tag servlet and servlet-mapping in web.xml file of server Tomcat;
  • add privileged="true" attribute to tag Context in context.xml of server Tomcat;
  • change first row of proxy.cgi in #!C:/Python27/python.exe (installation path on Windows 7).

Any idea how to resolve the problem?

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  • Is proxy.gci executable?
    – Jay Laura
    Jan 14, 2013 at 14:56

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I am not sure about the webserver that you are using, so I'll talk about the general steps.

A 404 error means that your proxy.cgi file is not found by your webserver.

  1. Can you access the proxy.cgi file in your browser? Open the link http:// localhost:8081/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi and see what happens.

  2. Is your server properly configured to work with cgi? You have mentioned Tomcat in your question, so have a look at this page: CGI How To

Once you can access the proxy.cgi, make sure that you have edited the proxy.cgi file to provide access to your Geoserver.

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  • Hi Devdatta, thanks for your reply. I haven't access to proxy.cgi file in my browser, i have the 404 error. However, i configured proxy.cgi file (add 'localhost:8080' to allowedHosts variable, because geoserver run on localhost:8080) and server (uncomment tag servlet and servlet-mapping in web.xml file of server Tomcat). I don't understand why this anomaly. Thanks again.
    – Riccardo
    Jan 14, 2013 at 14:51
  • Hi Jay, thanks fot your reply. In the first row of my proxy.cgi file i wrote the installation path of python( #!/usr/bin/env python) and launch python before my application. Are there others step? If, yes, what are they? Thanks again.
    – Riccardo
    Jan 14, 2013 at 15:07
  • @Riccardo You need to make sure that your webserver supports cgi files. Can you tell me which webserver are you using?
    – Devdatta Tengshe
    Jan 14, 2013 at 16:17
  • Devdatta my webserver is Apache Tomcat version 6.0.33
    – Riccardo
    Jan 14, 2013 at 16:45
  • @Riccardo Follow these steps to enable cgi tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/cgi-howto.html
    – Devdatta Tengshe
    Jan 14, 2013 at 17:08

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