TileGeneration Configuration Reference

TileCloud-chain configuration

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/master/tilecloud_chain/schema.json
type	object
properties
defaults	Defaults
	Used to put YAML references
	type	object
grids	Grids
	The WMTS grid definitions by grid name, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-grids
	type	object
	additionalProperties	Grid
caches	Caches
	The tiles caches definitions by name, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-caches
	type	object
	additionalProperties	Cache
layers	Layers
	The layers definitions by name, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-layers
	type	object
	additionalProperties	Layer
process	Process
	List of available commands by name, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#process
	type	object
	additionalProperties	Process command
generation	Generation
sqs	SQS
	The Simple Queue Service configuration
	type	object
	properties
	queue	Queue
		The queue name, default is ‘tilecloud’
		type	string
	region	AWS region
	additionalProperties	False
sns	SNS
	The Simple Notification Service configuration, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-sns
	type	object
	properties
	topic	Topic
		The topic
		type	string
	region	AWS region
	additionalProperties	False
redis	Redis
openlayers	OpenLayers
	Configuration used to generate the OpenLayers example page
	type	object
	properties
	srs	SRS
		The projection code
		type	string
		pattern	^EPSG:[0-9]+$
		default	EPSG:2056
	proj4js_def	The proj4js definition
		The proj4js definition, get it from https://epsg.io/
		type	string
		default	+proj=somerc +lat_0=46.95240555555556 +lon_0=7.439583333333333 +k_0=1 +x_0=2600000 +y_0=1200000 +ellps=bessel +towgs84=674.374,15.056,405.346,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs
	center_x	Center x
		The center easting
		type	number
		default	2600000
	center_y	Center y
		The center northing
		type	number
		default	1200000
	zoom	Map initial zoom
		The initial zoom
		type	number
		default	3
	additionalProperties	False
server	Server
cost	Cost
metadata	Metadata
provider	Provider
logging	Logging
additionalProperties	False

Headers

The headers that we send to the WMS backend

type	object
additionalProperties	The header value
	type	string

Grid

The WMTS grid definition, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-grids

type	object
properties
resolution_scale	Resolution scale
	The scale used to build a FreeTileGrid typically ‘2’
	type	integer
resolutions	Resolutions
	The resolutions in pixel per meter
	type	array
	items	type	number
bbox	Bounding box
	The bounding box in meter
	type	array
	maxLength	4
	minLength	4
	items	type	number
srs	SRS
	The projection reference
	type	string
	pattern	^EPSG:[0-9]+$
proj4_literal	Proj4 literal
	The Proj4 definition
	type	string
unit	Unit
	The projection unit, default is ‘m’
	type	string
	default	m
tile_size	Tile size
	The tile size in pixel, default is 256
	type	integer
	default	256
matrix_identifier	Matrix identifier
	The identifier to use in the tiles URL, recommend to be resolution (default)
	type	string
	enum	zoom, resolution
	default	zoom
additionalProperties	False

Cache WMST capabilities file

The generated WMTS capabilities file name (by ‘default 1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml’)

type

string

Cache HTTP URL

The HTTP URL %host will be replaces by one of the hosts

type

string

Cache host

The host used to build the HTTP URLs

type	array
items	type	string

Cache HTTP URLs

type	array
items	type	string

Cache folder

The root folder of the cache, default is ‘’

type	string
default

Cache filesystem

type	object
properties
type	const	filesystem
wmtscapabilities_file	Cache WMST capabilities file
http_url	Cache HTTP URL
hosts	Cache host
http_urls	Cache HTTP URLs
folder	Cache folder
additionalProperties	type	string

Cache S3

type	object
properties
type	const	s3
wmtscapabilities_file	Cache WMST capabilities file
http_url	Cache HTTP URL
hosts	Cache host
http_urls	Cache HTTP URLs
tiles_url	Tiles URL
	The template tiles URL on S3, the argument can be region, bucket and folder (default is ‘http://s3-{region}.amazonaws.com/{bucket}/{folder}’)
	type	string
host	Host
	The S3 host, default is ‘s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com’
	type	string
bucket	Bucket
	The S3 bucker name
	type	string
region	AWS region
cache_control	Cache control
	The Cache-Control used to store tiles on S3
	type	string
folder	Cache folder
additionalProperties	type	string

Cache Azure

Azure Blob Storage

type	object
properties
type	const	azure
wmtscapabilities_file	Cache WMST capabilities file
http_url	Cache HTTP URL
hosts	Cache host
http_urls	Cache HTTP URLs
folder	Cache folder
container	Container
	The Azure container name
	type	string
cache_control	Cache control
	The Cache-Control used to store tiles on Azure
	type	string
additionalProperties	type	string

Cache MBtiles

type	object
properties
type	const	mbtiles
wmtscapabilities_file	Cache WMST capabilities file
http_url	Cache HTTP URL
hosts	Cache host
http_urls	Cache HTTP URLs
folder	Cache folder
additionalProperties	type	string

Cache BSDDB

type	object
properties
type	const	bsddb
wmtscapabilities_file	Cache WMST capabilities file
http_url	Cache HTTP URL
hosts	Cache host
http_urls	Cache HTTP URLs
folder	Cache folder
additionalProperties	type	string

Cache

The tiles cache definition, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-caches

anyOf	Cache filesystem
	Cache S3
	Cache Azure
	Cache MBtiles
	Cache BSDDB

Layer title

The title, use to generate the capabilities

type

string

Layer grid

The used grid name

type

string

Layer bounding box

The bounding box where we will generate the tiles

type	array
maxLength	4
minLength	4
items	type	number

layer min resolution seed

The minimum resolutions to pre-generate

type

number

Layer pixel buffer

The buffer in pixel used to calculate geometry intersection, default is 0

type	integer
default	0

Layer meta

Use meta-tiles, default is False, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#meta-tiles

type	boolean
default	False

Layer meta size

The meta-tile size in tiles, default is 5

type

integer

Layer meta buffer

The meta-tiles buffer in pixels, default is 128

type

integer

Layer layers

The WMS layers

type

string

Layer WMTS style

The WMTS style

type	string
pattern	^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\+~\.]+$

Layer MIME type

The MIME type of the tiles

type	string
pattern	^[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%^&\*_\-\+{}\|’.`~]+/[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%^&\*_\-\+{}\|’.`~]+$

Layer extension

The layer extension

type

string

Layer dimension name

The dimension name

type	string
pattern	^(?!(?i)(SERVICE|VERSION|REQUEST|LAYERS|STYLES|SRS|CRS|BBOX|WIDTH|HEIGHT|FORMAT|BGCOLOR|TRANSPARENT|SLD|EXCEPTIONS|SALT))[a-z0-9_\-~\.]+$

layer dimensions

The WMTS dimensions

type	array
items	type	object
	properties
	name	Layer dimension name
	generate	Generate
		The values that should be generate
		type	array
		items	type	string
			pattern	^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\+~\.]+$
	values	Values
		The values present in the capabilities
		type	array
		items	type	string
			pattern	^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\+~\.]+$
	default	Default
		The default value present in the capabilities
		type	string
		pattern	^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\+~\.]+$
	additionalProperties	False

Layer legends

The provided legend

type	array
items	type	object
	properties
	mime_type	MIME type
		The mime type used in the WMS request
		type	string
		pattern	^[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%^&\*_\-\+{}\|’.`~]+/[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%^&\*_\-\+{}\|’.`~]+$
	href	Href
		The URL of the legend image
		type	string
	width	Width
		The width of the legend image
		type	string
	height	Height
		The height of the legend image
		type	string
	min_scale	Min scale
		The max scale of the legend image
		type	string
	max_scale	Max scale
		The max scale of the legend image
		type	string
	min_resolution	Min resolution
		The max resolution of the legend image
		type	string
	max_resolution	Max resolution
		The max resolution of the legend image
		type	string
	additionalProperties	False

Layer legend MIME

The mime type used to store the generated legend

type	string
pattern	^[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%^&\*_\-\+{}\|’.`~]+/[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%^&\*_\-\+{}\|’.`~]+$

Layer legend extension

The extension used to store the generated legend

type	string
pattern	^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$

Layer pre hash post process

Do an image post process before the empty hash check

type

string

Layer post process

Do an image post process after the empty hash check

type

string

Layer geometries

The geometries used to determine where we should create the tiles, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-geomsql

type	array
items	type	object
	properties
	connection	Connection
		The PostgreSQL connection string
		type	string
	sql	SQL
		The SQL query that get the geometry in geom e.g. ‘the_geom AS geom FROM my_table’
		type	string
	min_resolution	Min resolution
		The min resolution where the query is valid
		type	number
	max_resolution	Max resolution
		The max resolution where the query is valid
		type	number
	additionalProperties	False

Layer empty tile detection

The rules used to detect the empty tiles, use generate-tiles –get-hash to get what we can use, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-hash

type	object
properties
size	Title
	The tile size
	type	integer
hash	Hash
	The tile hash
	type	string
additionalProperties	False

Layer empty meta-tile detection

The rules used to detect the empty meta-tiles, use generate-tiles –get-hash to get what we can use, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-hash

type	object
properties
size	Size
	The meta-tile size
	type	integer
hash	Hash
	The meta-tile hash
	type	string
additionalProperties	False

Layer cost

The rules used to calculate the cost

type	object
properties
tileonly_generation_time	tile only generation time
	The time to generate a tile without meta-tile
	type	number
	default	40
tile_generation_time	tile generation time
	The time to generate a tile from the meta-tile
	type	number
	default	30
metatile_generation_time	Meta tile generation time
	The time to generate a meta-tile
	type	number
	default	30
tile_size	Tile size
	The tile mean size in bytes
	type	number
	default	20
additionalProperties	False

Layer WMS

type	object
properties
type	const	wms
title	Layer title
grid	Layer grid
bbox	Layer bounding box
min_resolution_seed	layer min resolution seed
px_buffer	Layer pixel buffer
meta	Layer meta
meta_size	default	5
	Layer meta size
meta_buffer	default	128
	Layer meta buffer
layers	Layer layers
wmts_style	Layer WMTS style
mime_type	Layer MIME type
extension	Layer extension
dimensions	layer dimensions
legends	Layer legends
legend_mime	Layer legend MIME
legend_extension	Layer legend extension
pre_hash_post_process	Layer pre hash post process
post_process	Layer post process
geoms	Layer geometries
empty_tile_detection	Layer empty tile detection
empty_metatile_detection	Layer empty meta-tile detection
cost	Layer cost
url	URL
	The WMS service URL
	type	string
generate_salt	Generate salt
	Should generate a salt to drop the cache, default is False
	type	boolean
query_layers	Query layers
	The layers use for query (To be used with the server)
	type	string
info_formats	Info formats
	The query info format
	type	array
	items	type	string
params	Parameters
	Additional parameters to the WMS query (like dimension)
	type	object
	additionalProperties	The parameter value
		type	string
headers	Headers
version	Version
	The used WMS version (default is ‘1.1.1’)
	type	string
additionalProperties	False

Layer Mapnik

type	object
properties
type	const	mapnik
title	Layer title
grid	Layer grid
bbox	Layer bounding box
min_resolution_seed	layer min resolution seed
px_buffer	Layer pixel buffer
meta	Layer meta
meta_size	default	1
	Layer meta size
meta_buffer	default	0
	Layer meta buffer
layers	default	__all__
	Layer layers
wmts_style	Layer WMTS style
mime_type	Layer MIME type
extension	Layer extension
dimensions	layer dimensions
legends	Layer legends
legend_mime	Layer legend MIME
legend_extension	Layer legend extension
pre_hash_post_process	Layer pre hash post process
post_process	Layer post process
geoms	Layer geometries
empty_tile_detection	Layer empty tile detection
empty_metatile_detection	Layer empty meta-tile detection
cost	Layer cost
mapfile	MapFile
	The Mapnik map file
	type	string
data_buffer	Data buffer
	The data buffer, default is 128
	type	integer
output_format	Output format
	The Mapnik output format, default is ‘png’
	type	string
	enum	png, png256, jpeg, grid
wms_url	WMS URL
	A WMS fallback URL (deprecated)
	type	string
resolution	Resolution
	The resolution, default is 4
	type	integer
layers_fields	Layers fields
	The Mapnik layers fields
	type	object
	additionalProperties	The Mapnik layer fields
		type	array
		items	type	string
drop_empty_utfgrid	Drop empty UTFGrid
	Drop if the tile is empty, default is False
	type	boolean
additionalProperties	False

Layer

The layer definition, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-layers

anyOf	Layer WMS
	Layer Mapnik

Process command

A command

type	array
items	type	object
	properties
	cmd	Command
		The shell command, available parameters: %(in)s, %(out)s, %(args)s, %(x)s, %(y)s, %(z)s.
		type	string
	need_out	Need out
		The command will generate an output in a file, default is False
		type	boolean
		default	False
	arg	Argument
		Used to build the %(args)
		type	object
		properties
		default	Properties
			The arguments used by default
			type	string
		verbose	Verbose
			The arguments used on verbose mode
			type	string
		debug	Debug
			The arguments used on debug mode
			type	string
		quiet	Quiet
			The arguments used on quiet mode
			type	string
		additionalProperties	False
	additionalProperties	False

Generation

The configuration used for the generation

type	object
properties
default_cache	Default cache
	The default cache name to be used, default do ‘default’
	type	string
	default	default
default_layers	Default layers
	The default layers to be generated
	type	array
	items	type	string
authorised_user	Authorised user
	The authorised user to generate the tiles (used to avoid permission issue on generated tiles) (main configuration)
	type	string
maxconsecutive_errors	Max consecutive errors
	The maximum number of consecutive errors (main configuration), default is 10
	type	integer
	default	10
error_file	Error file
	File name generated with the tiles in error, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#tiles-error-file (main configuration)
	type	string
number_process	Number process
	Number of process used to generate the tiles (main configuration), default is 1
	type	integer
	default	1
additionalProperties	False

AWS region

The region, default is ‘eu-west-1’

type	string
pattern	^(eu|us|ap|sa)-(north|south|east|west|central)(east|west)?-[1-3]$

Redis

The Redis configuration (main configuration)

type	object
properties
url	URL
	The server URL (main configuration)
	type	string
	pattern	^redis://[^:]+:[^:]+$
sentinels	Sentinels
	The sentinels (main configuration)
	type	array
	items	A sentinel (main configuration)
		type	array
		items
			Sentinel host
			The sentinel host name (main configuration)
			type	string
			Sentinel port
			The sentinel port (main configuration)
			anyOf	type	string
				type	integer
		additionalItems	False
connection_kwargs	The Redis connection arguments (main configuration)
	type	object
sentinel_kwargs	The Redis sentinel arguments (main configuration)
	type	object
service_name	Service name
	The service name, default is ‘mymaster’ (main configuration)
	type	string
	default	mymaster
socket_timeout	Socket timeout
	The socket timeout (main configuration)
	type	integer
db	Database
	type	integer
queue	Queue
	The queue name (main configuration)
	type	string
	default	tilecloud
timeout	Timeout
	The timeout (main configuration), default is 5
	type	integer
	default	5
pending_timeout	Pending timeout
	The pending timeout (main configuration), default is 300
	type	integer
	default	300
max_retries	Max retries
	The max retries (main configuration), default is 5
	type	integer
	default	5
max_errors_age	Max errors age
	The max error age (main configuration), default is 86400 (1 day)
	type	integer
	default	86400
max_errors_nb	Max errors number
	The max error number (main configuration), default is 100
	type	integer
	default	100
prefix	Prefix
	The prefix (main configuration), default is ‘tilecloud_cache’
	type	string
	default	tilecloud_cache
expiration	Expiration
	The meta-tile in queue expiration (main configuration), default is 28800 (8 hours)
	type	integer
	default	28800
additionalProperties	False

Server

Configuration used by the tile server, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#distribute-the-tiles

type	object
properties
cache	Cache
	The used cache name
	type	string
layers	WMS Layers
	Layers available in the server, default is all layers
	type	array
	items	type	string
geoms_redirect	Geometries redirect
	Take care on the geometries, default is False
	type	boolean
	default	False
static_allow_extension	Static allow extension
	The allowed extension of static files, defaults to [jpeg, png, xml, js, html, css]
	type	array
	items	type	string
wmts_path	WMTS path
	The sub-path for the WMTS (main configuration), default is ‘wmts’
	type	string
	default	wmts
static_path	Static path
	The sub-path for the static files (main configuration), default is ‘static’
	type	string
	default	static
admin_path	Admin path
	The sub-path for the admin (main configuration), default is ‘admin’
	type	string
	default	admin
expires	Expires
	The browser cache expiration, default is 8 (hours)
	type	integer
	default	8
predefined_commands	Predefined commands
	The predefined commands used to generate the tiles
	type	array
	items	type	object
		properties
		command	Command
			The command to run
			type	string
		name	Name
			The name used in the admin interface
			type	string
		additionalProperties	False
allowed_commands	Allowed commands
	The allowed commands (main configuration)
	type	array
	items	type	string
allowed_arguments	Allowed arguments
	The allowed arguments (main configuration)
	type	array
	items	type	string
additionalProperties	False

Cost

The configuration use to calculate the cast (unmaintained)

type	object
properties
request_per_layers	Request per layers
	Tile request per hours, default is 10 000 000
	type	integer
	default	10000000
s3	S3 cost
	The S3 cost (main configuration)
	type	object
	properties
	storage	Storage
		The storage cost in $ / Gio / month (main configuration)
		type	number
		default	0.125
	put	Put
		The cost of put in $ per 10 000 requests (main configuration)
		type	number
		default	0.01
	get	Get
		The cost of get in $ per 10 000 requests (main configuration)
		type	number
		default	0.01
	download	Download
		The cost of download in $ per Gio (main configuration)
		type	number
		default	0.12
	additionalProperties	False
cloudfront	CloudFront cost
	The CloudFront cost (main configuration)
	type	object
	properties
	get	Get
		The cost of get in $ per 10 000 requests (main configuration)
		type	number
		default	0.009
	download	Download
		The cost of download in $ per Gio (main configuration)
		type	number
		default	0.12
	additionalProperties	False
sqs	SQS cost
	The SQS cost, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#configure-sqs (main configuration)
	type	object
	properties
	request	Request
		The cost of request in $ per 1 000 000 requests (main configuration)
		type	number
		default	0.01
	additionalProperties	False
additionalProperties	False

Metadata

The configuration of the WMTS capabilities metadata

type	object
properties
title	Title
	The title
	type	string
abstract	Abstract
	The abstract
	type	string
servicetype	Service type
	The service type, default is ‘OGC WMTS’
	type	string
	default	OGC WMTS
keywords	Keywords
	The keywords
	type	array
	items	type	string
fees	Fees
	The fees
	type	string
access_constraints	Access constraints
	The access constraints
	type	string
additionalProperties	False

Provider

The provider

type	object
properties
name	Name
	type	string
url	URL
	The public URL
	type	string
contact	Contact
	The contact
	type	object
	properties
	name	Name
		type	string
	position	Position
		type	string
	info	Info
		The information
		type	object
		properties
		phone	Phone
			The phone
			type	object
			properties
			voice	Voice
				The voice number
				type	string
			fax	Fax
				The fax number
				type	string
			additionalProperties	False
		address	Address
			The address
			type	object
			properties
			delivery	Delivery
				The delivery
				type	string
			city	City
				The city
				type	string
			area	Area
				The area
				type	string
			postal_code	Postal code
				The postal code
				type	integer
			country	Country
				The country
				type	string
			email	Email
				The email
				type	string
			additionalProperties	False
		additionalProperties	False
	additionalProperties	False
additionalProperties	False

Logging

The logging configuration to database, see https://github.com/camptocamp/tilecloud-chain/blob/master/tilecloud_chain/USAGE.rst#logging (main configuration)

type	object
properties
database	Database
	The database (main configuration)
	type	object
	properties
	host	Host
		The host (main configuration)
		type	string
	port	Port
		The port (main configuration), default is 5432
		type	integer
		default	5432
	dbname	Database
		The database name (main configuration)
		type	string
	table	Table
		The table name (main configuration)
		type	string
	user	User
		The user name (main configuration)
		type	string
	password	Password
		The password (main configuration)
		type	string
	additionalProperties	False
additionalProperties	False