139 — GeoServer

Installation

Geoserver Binary️ on Ubuntu 18.04

• by Krishna G. Lodha, Dec 2020
• → medium.com
• → medium.com/random-gis-talks

Geoserver on Linux -Ubuntu 18.04 / Mint

• Hillson Ghimire (Apr 22, 2020)
• https://medium.com/@ghimirehillson/installing-geoserver-on-linux-ubuntu-18-04-mint-d5f54d70ff32

Official install from geoserver.org

• https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/installation/linux.html

Docker: kartoza

• →  kartoza/geoserver
• https://github.com/kartoza/docker-geoserver
• By kartoza • Updated 2 months ago
• docker pull kartoza/geoserver
• built with tomcat

Docker: eliotjordan

• 8 years ago
• https://github.com/eliotjordan/docker-geoserver

CORS fixes.

• https://launchcodeeducation.gitbook.io/using-geoserver-with-openlayers/rendering-data-in-openlayers/enabling-cors-in-geoserver

Installation (LG/ubuntu 20.04)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre
java -version
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib
sudo su - postgres
sudo psql -U postgres
sudo apt install postgis

if psql fails (asking for password),
make sure listen_addresses = '*' in postgresql.conf
then try:

sudo su - postgres
psql

cd /usr/share
sudo mkdir geoserver
cd geoserver
sudo wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.21.0/geoserver-2.21.0-bin.zip
sudo unzip geoserver-2.21.0-bin.zip
echo "export GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/share/geoserver" >> ~/.profile
. ~/.profile
sudo chown -R dkz /usr/share/geoserver/
cd bin
sh startup.sh

• Success on LG
• Failed on ultimheat.com
• On Fremont (lekkyweb): Failed to bind to 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:8080
• sudo lsof -i tcp:8080 (use SUDO)

==> PORT IS BUSY (openACS)

• choose a different port 8090
• https://sourceforge.net/p/geoserver/mailman/message/36379387/
• just modify /usr/share/geoserver/start.ini
jetty.http.port=8090
• works fine.

Keep Geoserver running.

• stackexchange.com : geoserver-keeps-stopping-service

You are running GeoServer as a foreground process, so when you log out it is terminated. A quick and dirty way to avoid this is to use nohup (no hang up) like this:
nohup sh startup.sh &
But you really need to run GeoServer as a service so that it is always running. So, rather than the platform independent binary (designed for testing) you want to follow the Web archive instructions and add it to your tomcat service.

• linuxscript
• best so-far

To run as a service:

• download script from geoserver.org : linuxscript
• install in /etc/init.d - adjust the script
• config file: /etc/default/geoserver

USER=dkz
GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=/usr/share/geoserver/data_dir
GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/share/geoserver
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
JAVA_OPTS="-Xms128m -Xmx512m"

TOOK AWHILE TO START - be patient.

BE SURE TO OPEN PORT 8090

Fonts.

• Thai characters not showing.
• fonts are defined for the JVM engine.
• to list available fonts: Server Status > Available Fonts > Full list of available fonts
• List the fonts in use: (or use admin panel)

curl -u admin:geoserver -XGET http://lekkyweb.com:8090/geoserver/rest/fonts.json

→ https://blog.adoptopenjdk.net/2021/01/prerequisites-for-font-support-in-adoptopenjdk/

→ https://eng.m.fontke.com/font/10351322/

→ zoomadmin : install fonts-thai-tlwg

sudo apt-get install -y fonts-thai-tlwg
curl -u admin:geoserver -XGET http://lekkyweb.com:8090/geoserver/rest/fonts.xml
sudo service geoserver restart

Restart Geoserver!

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