Installation on Windows

For a quick installation (e.g. on a test system), use the MS4W-Installer (https://ms4w.com/download.html).

Read on for a detailed description on a productive system.

Requirements

Nginx can also be used as web server, but it will not be discussed in this manual.

Configuration PHP

Unzip the Zip archive, for example under c:php .

Based on the PHP-version, PHP-variables won’t be set correctly in the temp-directory.

  • It needs to be checked if the following variables (php.ini) are set correctly:

sys_temp_dir
upload_tmp_dir
date.timezone

  • the path from PHP-bin directory to the PATH-variable (Windows environment variable) needs to be set

  • activate the required PHP extensions in the php.ini configuration file:

# php.ini
extension=php_curl.dll
extension=php_fileinfo.dll
extension=php_gd2.dll
extension=php_intl.dll
extension=php_pdo_pgsql.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlite.dll
extension=php_pgsql.dll
extension=php_openssl.dll
extension=php_mbstring.dll
extension=php_zip.dll
extension=php_bz2.dll

Unpack and register to web server

Download the current Mapbender version (https://mapbender.org/builds/mapbender-starter-current.zip) and unzip it into c:mapbender

Configuration Apache

A subfolder “conf.d” must be prepared in the directory <apache>/conf.

Add the following code at the end of file httpd.conf :

# Include directory conf.d
Include "conf/conf.d/*.conf"

Create file <apache>confconf.dmapbender.conf with:

Alias /mapbender c:/mapbender/web/
<Directory c:/mapbender/web/>
 Options MultiViews FollowSymLinks
 DirectoryIndex app.php
 Require all granted

 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /mapbender/
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app.php [QSA,L]
</Directory>

Reload Apache.

mod_fcgid

Create file <apache>confconf.dfcgi.conf with:

LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so

FcgidInitialEnv PHPRC "c:/php/"
FcgidInitialEnv PATH "c:/php;C:/WINDOWS/system32;C:/WINDOWS;C:/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem"
FcgidInitialEnv SystemRoot "C:/Windows"
FcgidInitialEnv TEMP "C:/WINDOWS/TEMP"
FcgidInitialEnv TMP "C:/WINDOWS/TEMP"
FcgidInitialEnv windir "C:/WINDOWS"

FcgidPassHeader Authorization
FcgidIOTimeout 1200
FcgidConnectTimeout 1200
FcgidBusyScanInterval 1200
FcgidBusyTimeout 1200
FcgidErrorScanInterval 1200
FcgidIdleScanInterval 1200
FcgidIdleTimeout 1200
FcgidZombieScanInterval 1200
FcgidMaxProcesses 1000
FcgidOutputBufferSize 64
FcgidProcessLifeTime 3600
FcgidMaxRequestsPerProcess 10000
FcgidMinProcessesPerClass 0
FcgidFixPathinfo 0
MaxRequestLen 200000

<Files ~ "\.php$">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
    AddHandler fcgid-script .php
    FcgidWrapper "c:/php/php-cgi.exe" .php
</Files>

Configuration PostgreSQL

To configure the database, use the following default configuration (which is part of app/config/parameters.yml). For more information on the database configuration, see YAML Configuration (Configuration and Application files).

database_driver:   pdo_pgsql
database_host:     localhost
database_port:     5432
database_name:     mapbender
database_path:     ~
database_user:     postgres
database_password: secret

Open the windows shell and initialize the database connection with the following commands:

cd c:\mapbender
php.exe app/console doctrine:database:create
php.exe app/console doctrine:schema:create
php.exe app/console mapbender:database:init -v
php.exe bin/composer run reimport-example-apps

To gain database access, you have to create a default user via

php.exe app/console fom:user:resetroot

Find further information in Details of the configuration of Mapbender

First steps

The Mapbender installation can now be accessed under http://[hostname]/mapbender/. User data by default:

username: “root”, passwort: “root”

More information at: Mapbender Quickstart Document.

Check if the alias is working

Check the system configuration and Mapbender requirements with:

app/console mapbender:config:check

Further information can be found at: https://doc.mapbender.org/en/customization/commands.html#app-console-mapbender-config-check