VSI Virtual File System Support

Support for GDAL's virtual file systems, accessible via a /vsi-prefixed path.

Configuration

All configuration parameters are specified in a vsi.properties file. Any configuration option listed in GDAL's documentation. is available as a key in this file. You can specify its location on your system with the -Dvsi.properties.location option. An example configuration providing OpenStack credentials may look like:

OS_IDENTITY_API_VERSION = 3
OS_AUTH_URL = https://swift.provider.com/v3
OS_PROJECT_NAME = test-project
OS_USERNAME = user@example.com
OS_PASSWORD = example-password
OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME = Default
OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME = default

Usage

This extension adds 'VSI Virtual File System' as a possible raster data store type. The only values required when choosing this type is a connection path. This is identical to the connection paths specified in GDAL's documentation. You may also chain GDAL drivers together by concatenating their prefixes, as in the example below.

VSI Virtual File System data store configuration