[Geoserver-users] Error connecting GeoServer to PostGIS

Hello all,

I have a PostGIS database containing tiled raster (geotif) data that I would like to be able to deliver using GeoServer.

I followed the 'Storing a coverage in a JDBC database' tutorial located here:
http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/tutorials/imagemosaic-jdbc/imagemosaic-jdbc_tutorial.html

I'm assuming something in my configuration or system settup is flawed since I have attempted to setup my mapping/database in multiple configurations (follow tutorial exactly, use geotiff with different table layouts according to different sources). Each time, when I attempt to create a new ImageMosaicJDBC Coverage in GeoServer, pointing to my xml config file, I recieve the following error:

Could not list layers for this store, an error occurred retrieving them: Failed to create reader from file:coverages/dted_tiles/dted.postgis.xml and hints null

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Config Files
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dted.postgis.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE ImageMosaicJDBCConfig [
   <!ENTITY mapping PUBLIC "mapping" "mapping.postgis.xml.inc">
   <!ENTITY connect PUBLIC "connect" "connect.postgis.xml.inc">]>
<config version="1.0">
   <coverageName name="dted"/>
   <coordsys name="EPSG:4326"/>
   <!-- interpolation 1 = nearest neighbour, 2 = bilinear, 3 = bicubic -->
   <scaleop interpolation="1"/>
   <verify cardinality="false"/>
   &mapping;
   &connect;
</config>

connect.postgis.xml.inc
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connect>
         <dstype value="DBCP" />
         <username value="##########" />
         <password value="##########" />
         <jdbcUrl value="jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/gis_test" />
         <driverClassName value="org.postgresql.Driver" />
         <maxActive value="10" />
         <maxIdel value="0" />
</connect>

mapping.postgis.xml.inc
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<!-- possible values: universal,postgis,db2,mysql,oracle -->
<spatialExtension name="postgis"/>
<mapping>
     <masterTable name="mosaic" >
       <coverageNameAttribute name="name"/>
       <maxXAttribute name="maxX"/>
       <maxYAttribute name="maxY"/>
       <minXAttribute name="minX"/>
       <minYAttribute name="minY"/>
       <resXAttribute name="resX"/>
       <resYAttribute name="resY"/>
       <tileTableNameAtribute name="TileTable" />
       <spatialTableNameAtribute name="SpatialTable" />
     </masterTable>
     <tileTable>
       <blobAttributeName name="data" />
       <keyAttributeName name="location" />
     </tileTable>
     <spatialTable>
       <keyAttributeName name="location" />
       <geomAttributeName name="geom" />
       <tileMaxXAttribute name="maxX"/>
       <tileMaxYAttribute name="maxY"/>
       <tileMinXAttribute name="minX"/>
       <tileMinYAttribute name="minY"/>
     </spatialTable>
</mapping>

The cprresponding table layout generated by the scripts and containing the tiled raster data:
mosaic [name, spatialtable, tiletable, resx, resy, minx, miny, maxx, maxy]
dted_# [location, data, geom]

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System Information
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CentOS 6.4 x86_64
Java 1.7.0_25
tomcat6
GeoServer 2.4
PostgreSQL 9.3 / PostGIS 2.1
JAI and JAI ImageIO are installed as recommended.

/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gt-imagemosaic-jdbc-10.0.jar

I did notice that the postgresql jar in geoserver is an older version. Copied in new driver
/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc3.jar
/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/postgresql-9.3-1100.jdbc41.jar

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Log
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java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException
     at org.geotools.gce.imagemosaic.jdbc.ImageMosaicJDBCReader.<init>(ImageMosaicJDBCReader.java:164)
     at org.geotools.gce.imagemosaic.jdbc.ImageMosaicJDBCFormat.getReader(ImageMosaicJDBCFormat.java:210)
     at org.geotools.gce.imagemosaic.jdbc.ImageMosaicJDBCFormat.getReader(ImageMosaicJDBCFormat.java:67)
     ...
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:857)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
     at org.geotools.gce.imagemosaic.jdbc.JDBCAccessPostGis.initForPostGisVersion(JDBCAccessPostGis.java:80)
     at org.geotools.gce.imagemosaic.jdbc.JDBCAccessPostGis.<init>(JDBCAccessPostGis.java:64)
     at org.geotools.gce.imagemosaic.jdbc.JDBCAccessFactory.getJDBCAcess(JDBCAccessFactory.java:64)
     at org.geotools.gce.imagemosaic.jdbc.ImageMosaicJDBCReader.<init>(ImageMosaicJDBCReader.java:161)
     ... 119 more
2013-11-14 10:37:46,463 INFO [geoserver.web] - Getting list of coverages for saved store file:coverages/dted_tiles/dted.postgis.xml
java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not list layers for this store, an error occurred retrieving them: Failed to create reader from file:coverages/dted_tiles/dted.postgis.xml and hints null
     at org.geoserver.web.data.layer.NewLayerPageProvider.getItemsInternal(NewLayerPageProvider.java:150)
     at org.geoserver.web.data.layer.NewLayerPageProvider.getItems(NewLayerPageProvider.java:58)
     at org.geoserver.web.wicket.GeoServerDataProvider.fullSize(GeoServerDataProvider.java:236)
     at org.geoserver.web.wicket.GeoServerTablePanel$PagerDelegate.updateMatched(GeoServerTablePanel.java:562)
     at org.geoserver.web.wicket.GeoServerTablePanel$PagerDelegate.<init>(GeoServerTablePanel.java:555)
     at org.geoserver.web.wicket.GeoServerTablePanel.<init>(GeoServerTablePanel.java:219)
     at org.geoserver.web.wicket.GeoServerTablePanel.<init>(GeoServerTablePanel.java:98)
     at org.geoserver.web.data.layer.NewLayerPage$1.<init>(NewLayerPage.java:101)
     at org.geoserver.web.data.layer.NewLayerPage.<init>(NewLayerPage.java:101)
     at org.geoserver.web.data.store.CoverageStoreNewPage.onSuccessfulSave(CoverageStoreNewPage.java:76)
     at org.geoserver.web.data.store.CoverageStoreNewPage.onSave(CoverageStoreNewPage.java:67)
     at org.geoserver.web.data.store.AbstractCoverageStorePage$1.onSubmit(AbstractCoverageStorePage.java:115)
     at org.apache.wicket.ajax.markup.html.form.AjaxSubmitLink$1.onSubmit(AjaxSubmitLink.java:68)
     at org.apache.wicket.ajax.form.AjaxFormSubmitBehavior.onEvent(AjaxFormSubmitBehavior.java:143)
     at org.apache.wicket.ajax.AjaxEventBehavior.respond(AjaxEventBehavior.java:177)
     at org.apache.wicket.ajax.AbstractDefaultAjaxBehavior.onRequest(AbstractDefaultAjaxBehavior.java:300)
     at org.apache.wicket.request.target.component.listener.BehaviorRequestTarget.processEvents(BehaviorRequestTarget.java:119)
     at org.apache.wicket.request.AbstractRequestCycleProcessor.processEvents(AbstractRequestCycleProcessor.java:92)
     at org.apache.wicket.RequestCycle.processEventsAndRespond(RequestCycle.java:1250)
     at org.apache.wicket.RequestCycle.step(RequestCycle.java:1329)
     at org.apache.wicket.RequestCycle.steps(RequestCycle.java:1436)
     at org.apache.wicket.RequestCycle.request(RequestCycle.java:545)
     at org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WicketFilter.doGet(WicketFilter.java:484)
     at org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WicketServlet.doPost(WicketServlet.java:160)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.ServletWrappingController.handleRequestInternal(ServletWrappingController.java:159)
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractController.handleRequest(AbstractController.java:153)
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.handle(SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.java:48)
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:923)
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:852)
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:882)
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:789)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.geoserver.filters.ThreadLocalsCleanupFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalsCleanupFilter.java:27)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:74)
     at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:45)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.geoserver.platform.AdvancedDispatchFilter.doFilter(AdvancedDispatchFilter.java:49)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.vfny.geoserver.filters.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:109)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:311)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
     at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:116)
     at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:83)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91)
     at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
     at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:113)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91)
     at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerAnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(GeoServerAnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:53)
     at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
     at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:182)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerUserNamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(GeoServerUserNamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.java:115)
     at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
     at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:146)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91)
     at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
     at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter$1.doFilter(GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:52)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
     at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91)
     at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
     at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:173)
     at org.geoserver.security.GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.doFilter(GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.java:134)
     at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
     at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:259)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.geoserver.filters.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:75)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.geoserver.filters.GZIPFilter.doFilter(GZIPFilter.java:42)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.geoserver.filters.SessionDebugFilter.doFilter(SessionDebugFilter.java:47)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.geoserver.filters.FlushSafeFilter.doFilter(FlushSafeFilter.java:43)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:857)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Failed to create reader from file:coverages/dted_tiles/dted.postgis.xml and hints null
     at org.geoserver.catalog.ResourcePool.getGridCoverageReader(ResourcePool.java:1252)
     at org.geoserver.catalog.impl.CoverageStoreInfoImpl.getGridCoverageReader(CoverageStoreInfoImpl.java:58)
     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
     at org.geoserver.catalog.impl.ModificationProxy.invoke(ModificationProxy.java:145)
     at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy14.getGridCoverageReader(Unknown Source)
     at org.geoserver.web.data.layer.NewLayerPageProvider.getItemsInternal(NewLayerPageProvider.java:89)
     ... 108 more

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Patrick

did you find any solution for this problem. I have the same problem.Please
reply...

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Hi,
I just noticed by accident this message has an erroenous subject since
your problem
is related to the ImageMosaic-JDBC plugin rathern than PostGIS Itself.

Infortunatetly I am not able to provide help on this but I would
re-send it using a proper
subject as they maintainer might have overlooked it as I did.

Regards,
Simone Giannecchini

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On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 6:31 AM, shweta <getshweta7@anonymised.com> wrote:

did you find any solution for this problem. I have the same problem.Please
reply...

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