[Geoserver-devel] Extend Windows Installer features

Ronald_Hoek_Componen · May 22, 2018, 7:35am

I’s looking at some improvements for the Windows installer of GeoServer.

For now I’m thinking about the following features:

Better upgrade path of a single GeoServer installation
- Remember ‘Service’ and ‘Port’ settings – ENHANCEMENT
- Uninstall previous version, before installing the new version – BEHAVIOR CHANGE
- Non-versioned Windows Service Name (for easier use in script/batch files) – BEHAVIOR CHANGE
Named GeoServer installations – ENHANCEMENT
- This would allow you to install multiple instances of GeoServer on the same machine, with each having its own upgrade path:
  - Will required multiple registry keys
  - Instances selection/specification
  - Multiple service names
  - IP-Port specification per instance (available)
- When starting the installation, initially the ‘single instance’ setup will be used (the way the setup is working now).

But before I start with this, I was wondering if there are objections to these features and/or changes.

And regarding the instances, if there is some actual need!

Regards,

Ronald Hoek

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