pg_tileserv ¶

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pg_tileserv

pg_tileserv ¶

pg_tileserv is installed as a systemd service during installation.

The service can be started and stopped via command line or Webmin.

The service file contents are show below.

     [Unit]
     Description=PG TileServ
     After=multi-user.target

     [Service]
     User=pgis
     WorkingDirectory=/opt/pg_tileserv
     Type=simple
     Restart=always
     ExecStart=/opt/pg_tileserv/pg_tileserv --config /opt/pg_tileserv/config/pg_tileserv.toml

     [Install]
     WantedBy=multi-user.target

The file is installed at:

/etc/systemd/system/pg_tileserv.service

Command Line ¶

Service commands:

root@postgis:~# service pg_tileser stop | start

Access ¶

pg_tileserv runs of port 7800 and can be accessed at http://doamin.com:7800

You can change the port via the pg_tileserv.toml file located under /opt/pg_tileserv/config

Webmin ¶

To start and stop the pg_tileserv service, click the button as below.

Database ¶

On installation, a database is created called postgisftw.

This database contains the demo data.

A user pgis is also created and given permission to the database.

The password for pgis is displayed at the end of installation as well as saved to /root/auth.txt

Structure ¶

pg_tileserv is installed by default at:

/opt/pgtileserv

The directory structure is show below:

/opt/pg_tileserv
├── LICENSE.md
├── README.md
├── assets
    ├── index.html
    ├── preview-function.html
    └── preview-table.html
├── config
    ├── pg_tileserv.toml
    └── pg_tileserv.toml.example.save
└── pg_tileserv

Configuration File ¶

On installation, the pg_tileserv.toml configuration file is updated to include the postgisftw connection inforation:

DbConnection = "postgresql://pgis:G84iwLdL9jeyA7IiwkTmWhyHwKR41Qxz@localhost/postgisftw"

https://github.com/CrunchyData/pg_tileserv