Extremely slow map loading on Proxmox

[redwood-1]

I installed Reitti on my Proxmox server using the helper script at https://community-scripts.org/scripts/reitti. Everything seems to work correctly and I've started receiving data from Owntracks on my phone. However, the map tiles take forever to load (and sometimes never do). When they do load everything works normally.

I looked through the logs and didn't see anything obvious. Can someone give me an idea of what the next step is to troubleshoot this?

[dgraf-gh]

Hi @redwood-1,

To find out where it breaks, you could set the tiles-cache variable to an empty value. Take a look at the docker-compose-minimal.yml.

This will cut off the tile-cache. If it still is not loading, then it is something with your browser.
During the 4.0 development and by the nature of the WebGL stack, we had it, for example, that some anti-fingerprinting measures broke the rendering.

Which version of Reitti are you running?

[redwood-1]

I'm running 4.4 now. I was running 4.2 yesterday, but I rebuilt the VM with the newest 4.4 image and still no change.  I have tried a clean browser (Google Chrome with no extensions) and no change. I looked into changing the tiles-cache variable through docker, but I think the Proxmox template isn't running docker (I found no sign of it in the file system). Can you let me know where to find it? Also, is is possible that there is an issue with the map provider (https://openfreemap.org/)? Maybe the issue is there. Is there a way to change providers. Perhaps something like https://www.maptiler.com/? Thanks for your help so far. Apr 24, 2026, 19:26 by ***@***.***:

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[redwood-1]

I found this earlier discussion and I'm pretty sure it is the same problem I'm having.
#608

I have tried setting a system env variable TILES_CACHE to blank and rebooting. Maps seemed to load more quickly, but still not reliably. They never load when I am editing a place polygon. When/if they do load they work fast and I no longer see 404 errors in the console.

[dgraf-gh]

Hi @redwood-1,

I missed some questions from the earlier post:

I looked into changing the tiles-cache variable through docker, but I think the Proxmox template isn't running docker (I found no sign of it in the file system). Can you let me know where to find it?

I have no real experience with Proxmox. What I can tell you is, on Docker we have to set the variable explicitly to TILES_CACHE='', else this will not be picked up. TILES_CACHE= is not enough.

Also, is it possible that there is an issue with the map provider (https://openfreemap.org/)? Maybe the issue is there. Is there a way to change providers? Perhaps something like https://www.maptiler.com/?

The default right now is tiles.dedicatedcode.com. That is my own instance of openfreemap.org. I will add the possibility to change this in the next release.

I have tried setting a system environment variable TILES_CACHE to blank and rebooting. Maps seem to load more quickly, but still not reliably. They never load when I am editing a place polygon. When/if they do load, they work fast and I no longer see 404 errors in the console.

When editing a polygon, we are on the old map based on leaflet.js. I did not manage to rebuild this right now. That will also come in the next release. This map uses OpenStreetMap as the tile provider.

After thinking about your issue a little bit more, maybe sometimes the tile caching mechanism does not actually improve anything. It is based on the assumption that your connection to reitti is faster than the connection to the tile providers. For example, if you are on your local home network where reitti is installed, the tiles cache should beat the direct connection by a lot, and from my experience it is noticeable. But on the other hand, if you are out in the open and maybe have slow upload speed at home and use a VPN or whatever connection, it can in the end be better to connect directly and skip the cache.

Technically, both ways should work reliably, but maybe one is slower than the other.