How to install MapServer and MapCache on Ubuntu 14.04?

Question

I want to install MapServer and MapCache on Ubuntu 14.04. The MapServer installation succeeded but now I'm stuck with the installation of MapCache. This is what I did so far:

Install MapServer and MapCache:

sudo apt-get install cgi-mapserver mapcache-cgi libapache2-mod-mapcache

Store my raster images in /mapserver/data/tamale_2014ds.tif and tamale_2014ws.tif and create a map file in /mapserver/tamale.map:

MAP
 PROJECTION
 "init=epsg:3857"
 END 
 IMAGETYPE JPEG
 EXTENT -94018 1048833 -92362 1049470
 SIZE 1000 400
 WEB
 METADATA
 "wms_title" "tamale"
 "wms_srs" "epsg:3857"
 END
 END
 LAYER
 METADATA
 "wms_title" "dry_season_2014"
 "wms_srs" "epsg:3857"
 "wms_enable_request" "*"
 END
 NAME dry_season_2014
 DATA /mapserver/data/tamale_2014ds.tif
 STATUS OFF
 TYPE RASTER
 PROCESSING "BANDS=1,2,3"
 OFFSITE 0 0 0
 END 
 LAYER
 METADATA
 "wms_title" "wet_season_2014"
 "wms_srs" "epsg:3857"
 "wms_enable_request" "*"
 END
 NAME wet_season_2014
 DATA /mapserver/data/tamale_2014ws.tif
 STATUS OFF
 TYPE RASTER
 PROCESSING "BANDS=1,2,3"
 OFFSITE 0 0 0
 END 
END

So far, everything is fine, see OpenLayers demo: http://geocre.net/mapservertest/ (code)

For MapCache I edited my apache configuration file /etc/apache2/sites-available:

<IfModule mapcache_module>
 <Directory /mapcache>
 Order Allow,Deny
 Allow from all
 </Directory>
 MapCacheAlias /mapcache "/mapcache/mapcache.xml"
</IfModule>

However, I cannot access MapCache. All I get is a status 403 Forbidden: http://78.47.251.2/mapcache

I already tried several owners and permissions for the directory /mapcache (even CHMOD 777). Any ideas on that?

Answer 1

OK, I think I found it: As I'm running Apache 2.4.7, the Apache configuration needs to look like this (see here):

<IfModule mapcache_module>
 <Directory /mapcache>
 Require all granted
 </Directory>
 MapCacheAlias /mapcache "/mapcache/mapcache.xml"
</IfModule>

The MapCache request URL is then http://78.47.251.2/mapcache/?. In OpenLayers, it is accessible like this:

var rasterLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS("Tamale (2014 WS)", "http://78.47.251.2/mapcache/?", {layers: 'tamale'} );