Docker
We will be using MapServer on a Docker image for the workshop. This ensures that the MapServer version and the Apache web server configuration are identical.
Docker MapServer
The MapServer Docker image is provided by Camptocamp, and the Dockerfile is found here.
MapServer runs on the Apache web server - see the Apache page page for further details.
It uses the Apache mod_fcgid module, module that provides FastCGI support.
MapServer runs on port 80 on the Docker container, which is mapped to port 5000 on the local machine, as can be seen in the Docker compose file
located at workshop\exercises\docker-compose.yml:
mapserver:
image: camptocamp/mapserver:8.0
container_name: mapserver
ports:
- 5000:80
environment:
MAPSERVER_CONFIG_FILE: "/etc/mapserver/mapserver.conf"
volumes:
- ./scripts:/scripts
- ./mapfiles:/etc/mapserver
networks:
- mynetwork
JavaScript Application
A second container that serves the JavaScript example pages is also run using Docker. This uses node and runs on port 5001 on both the container and the host machine.
node:
image: node:lts-slim
container_name: node
ports:
- 5001:5001
working_dir: /home/node/app
volumes:
- ./app:/home/node/app
networks:
- mynetwork
command: >
sh -c "npm install && npm start"
Stopping and Starting Docker
cd ./getting-started-with-mapserver/workshop/exercises
# start docker in detached mode
docker compose up -d
# the following URLs should now be available
# http://localhost:5000
# http://localhost:5001
# stop docker
docker compose down
# for help
docker compose help
# for a specific command
docker compose up --help