I haven't used the OpenGeoSuiteSDK lately but I guess you could just use the GetMap-URL which will probably look like this: http://localhost/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/home/hast/UA/qgis-mapnik.qgs Have you tried the following yet?: qgis: { ptype: "gxp_wmssource", url: "http://localhost/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?map=/home/hast/UA/qgis-mapnik.qgs", version:"1.1.1" }, ////////// { source: "qgis", title: "QGIS Server Layer", name: "buildings", opacity: 1 } Edit1: Just gave it a try and it works for me ;) I also added a proxy config, as my QGIS-Server deliveres the tiles on a different port: var app = new gxp.Viewer({ proxy: "proxy/?url=", ........... and added the override for ExtJS * @require overrides/override-ext-ajax.js ![enter image description here][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/mxetT.jpg