[Geoserver-users] Changing GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR problem

Ammar · October 8, 2014, 10:50am

Hello

I have GeoServer 2.4.1 installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 in a Tomtcat 7.0 container. I am trying to change the location of the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR but I am losing all the configurations (layers, datasources, workspaces, etc) when doing so. The GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR parameter in the web.xml is commented out and instead a Windows environment variable has been created that points to a location in the local disk drive. The steps that I have been doing are:

Copy the entire folder that contains the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR to the new target location.
Change the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR Windows environment variable from the current location to the new desired one.
Restart Tomtcat 7.0 service.

When I log on to GeoServer, I find that all the configuration has been deleted and instead I get the default workspaces, layers, etc that come by default with GeoServer!

What am I doing wrong? Any solutions for this problem?

Regards,
Ammar

Tobia_Di_Pisa1 · October 8, 2014, 12:08pm

Hi Ammar,

if you have installed Tomcat as a Windows service I suggest to set the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR
inside your service properties → Java → Java Options. I hope this can help you.

Regards,
Tobia Di Pisa

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2014-10-08 12:50 GMT+02:00 Ammar <ammar83_h@anonymised.com>:

Hello

I have GeoServer 2.4.1 installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 in a Tomtcat 7.0 container. I am trying to change the location of the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR but I am losing all the configurations (layers, datasources, workspaces, etc) when doing so. The GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR parameter in the web.xml is commented out and instead a Windows environment variable has been created that points to a location in the local disk drive. The steps that I have been doing are:

Copy the entire folder that contains the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR to the new target location.

Change the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR Windows environment variable from the current location to the new desired one.

Restart Tomtcat 7.0 service.

When I log on to GeoServer, I find that all the configuration has been deleted and instead I get the default workspaces, layers, etc that come by default with GeoServer!

What am I doing wrong? Any solutions for this problem?

Regards,
Ammar

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Ammar · October 8, 2014, 1:06pm

Hi Tobia,

Thanks for your reply. I am afraid I don’t quite understand what you mean! The Tomtcat is in fact installed as a Windows Server but I can not see any Java options in its properties!

Regards,
Ammar

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Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Changing GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR problem

Hi Ammar,

if you have installed Tomcat as a Windows service I suggest to set the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR
inside your service properties → Java → Java Options. I hope this can help you.

Regards,
Tobia Di Pisa

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2014-10-08 12:50 GMT+02:00 Ammar <ammar83_h@anonymised.com>:

Hello

I have GeoServer 2.4.1 installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 in a Tomtcat 7.0 container. I am trying to change the location of the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR but I am losing all the configurations (layers, datasources, workspaces, etc) when doing so. The GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR parameter in the web.xml is commented out and instead a Windows environment variable has been created that points to a location in the local disk drive. The steps that I have been doing are:

Copy the entire folder that contains the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR to the new target location.

Change the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR Windows environment variable from the current location to the new desired one.

Restart Tomtcat 7.0 service.

When I log on to GeoServer, I find that all the configuration has been deleted and instead I get the default workspaces, layers, etc that come by default with GeoServer!

What am I doing wrong? Any solutions for this problem?

Regards,
Ammar

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Tobia_Di_Pisa1 · October 8, 2014, 2:02pm

Hi Ammar,

if you have created a windows service you can edit this using the command below:

{your_tomcat_path}\bin\tomcat7w //ES/{your_service_name}

here some useful documentation about that.

Regards,
Tobia Di Pisa

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2014-10-08 15:06 GMT+02:00 Ammar <ammar83_h@anonymised.com>:

Hi Tobia,

Thanks for your reply. I am afraid I don’t quite understand what you mean! The Tomtcat is in fact installed as a Windows Server but I can not see any Java options in its properties!

Regards,
Ammar

From: Tobia Di Pisa <tobia.dipisa@anonymised.com…>
To: Ammar <ammar83_h@anonymised.com.>
Cc: “geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net” <geoserver-users@anonymised.comeforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Changing GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR problem

Hi Ammar,

if you have installed Tomcat as a Windows service I suggest to set the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR
inside your service properties → Java → Java Options. I hope this can help you.

Regards,
Tobia Di Pisa

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Via Poggio alle Viti 1187
55054 Massarosa (LU)
Italy
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2014-10-08 12:50 GMT+02:00 Ammar <ammar83_h@anonymised.com>:

Hello

I have GeoServer 2.4.1 installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 in a Tomtcat 7.0 container. I am trying to change the location of the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR but I am losing all the configurations (layers, datasources, workspaces, etc) when doing so. The GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR parameter in the web.xml is commented out and instead a Windows environment variable has been created that points to a location in the local disk drive. The steps that I have been doing are:

Copy the entire folder that contains the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR to the new target location.

Change the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR Windows environment variable from the current location to the new desired one.

Restart Tomtcat 7.0 service.

When I log on to GeoServer, I find that all the configuration has been deleted and instead I get the default workspaces, layers, etc that come by default with GeoServer!

What am I doing wrong? Any solutions for this problem?

Regards,
Ammar

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