[OSM-talk] Tile server access

[Andy Townsend]

On 17/04/2020 13:53, Tom Browder wrote:
> I am trying to build my own tile server because I have given up on 
> Google Maps and need a replacement. I am getting help on the Github 
> account of @Overv and repo 'openstreetmap-tile-server'.
>
> I would like to offer access to my server to others when I get it 
> running, but is there any built-in mechanism in the map stack to limit 
> who can access it or rate limit it somehow?

There's a "ModTileEnableTileThrottling" parameter that you can turn on - 
see 
https://github.com/SomeoneElseOSM/mod_tile/blob/switch2osm/mod_tile.conf#L124 
for the comments in the config file.

My recollection of the Docker container (which I presume is what you're 
using) is that it allows lots of parameters to be passed through (the 
readme's at 
https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server/blob/master/README.md 
).  Not sure if the option to set this flag on is there, but I'm sure 
that you could set it somehow.

There are a bunch of other options that I looked at ages ago such as 
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_ratelimit.html , but someone 
running a larger or more public tile server would be better placed to 
comment on what the best option is now.

Best Regards,

Andy