[Geoserver-users] Installing geoserver on OS X 10.5

Asle_Benoni · March 11, 2009, 2:02pm

Hello,
I am trying to install on OS X Server 10.5 which comes with Tomcat already installed. I copied the geoserver.war to /Library/Tomcat/webapps/.
I start Tomcat and navigate to http://localhost:8080/geoserver
I am sure this is the correct folder for the webapps checking the other apps and testing with a new file in the folder.

But when I navigate to geoserver URL I get this error:

type Status report

message

description The requested resource () is not available.

I checked to see that the war file was unpacked and there is now a folder “geoserver”. What am I doing wrong?

/asle

Antonello · March 11, 2009, 2:17pm

Hi Asle,

Have you installed in your system java JDK? If yes, check if the
version of JDK are you using is compatible with geoserver version you
downloaded.

Greetings Antonello.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Asle Benoni <asle.benoni@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hello,
I am trying to install on OS X Server 10.5 which comes with Tomcat already
installed. I copied the geoserver.war to /Library/Tomcat/webapps/.
I start Tomcat and navigate to http://localhost:8080/geoserver
I am sure this is the correct folder for the webapps checking the other apps
and testing with a new file in the folder.

But when I navigate to geoserver URL I get this error:

type Status report

message

description The requested resource () is not available.

I checked to see that the war file was unpacked and there is now a folder
"geoserver". What am I doing wrong?

/asle

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ChristinaPSU1 · March 11, 2009, 2:50pm

Hi,

I don’t work with Tomcat (Glassfish instead) but don’t you have to deploy Geoserver instead of just copying the war file ?

Best regards

Laurent

2009/3/11 Asle Benoni <asle.benoni@anonymised.com>

Hello,
I am trying to install on OS X Server 10.5 which comes with Tomcat already installed. I copied the geoserver.war to /Library/Tomcat/webapps/.
I start Tomcat and navigate to http://localhost:8080/geoserver
I am sure this is the correct folder for the webapps checking the other apps and testing with a new file in the folder.

But when I navigate to geoserver URL I get this error:

type Status report

message

description The requested resource () is not available.

I checked to see that the war file was unpacked and there is now a folder “geoserver”. What am I doing wrong?

/asle

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Justin_Deoliveira · March 11, 2009, 3:06pm

Hi Asle,

It would be helpful if you could attach the start up log. Probably in /Library/Tomcat/logs/catalina.out.

-Justin

Asle Benoni wrote:

Hello,
I am trying to install on OS X Server 10.5 which comes with Tomcat already installed. I copied the geoserver.war to /Library/Tomcat/webapps/.
I start Tomcat and navigate to http://localhost:8080/geoserver
I am sure this is the correct folder for the webapps checking the other apps and testing with a new file in the folder.

But when I navigate to geoserver URL I get this error:

*type* Status report

*message*

*description* _The requested resource () is not available._

I checked to see that the war file was unpacked and there is now a folder "geoserver". What am I doing wrong?

/asle

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Justin_Deoliveira · March 11, 2009, 3:21pm

Hi Asle,

Best if you keep stuff on the public list so others can learn, and also help.

Looking at the log file there is a bunch of stuff in there... but one thing that pops out is:

Cannot Write to file: /Library/Tomcat/webapps/geoserver/data/services.x
ml

So it could be a permissions issue. The user that is running tomcat needs write access to the webapps/geoserver directory. If you could try checking that and restart that would be great.

If you do see another problem, can i ask you to first clear out catalog.out, restart and try again. That way we will know what exactly the relevant error is.

Thanks,

-Justin

Asle Benoni wrote:

Here is the attached catalina.out.

/asle

2009/3/11 Justin Deoliveira <jdeolive@anonymised.com <mailto:jdeolive@anonymised.com>>

    Hi Asle,

    It would be helpful if you could attach the start up log. Probably
    in /Library/Tomcat/logs/catalina.out.

    -Justin

    Asle Benoni wrote:

        Hello,
        I am trying to install on OS X Server 10.5 which comes with
        Tomcat already installed. I copied the geoserver.war to
        /Library/Tomcat/webapps/.
        I start Tomcat and navigate to http://localhost:8080/geoserver
        I am sure this is the correct folder for the webapps checking
        the other apps and testing with a new file in the folder.

        But when I navigate to geoserver URL I get this error:

        *type* Status report

        *message*

        *description* _The requested resource () is not available._

        I checked to see that the war file was unpacked and there is now
        a folder "geoserver". What am I doing wrong?

        /asle

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Asle_Benoni · March 12, 2009, 12:25pm

Sorry, I didn’t notice I was only responding to you
.
On OS X Server (it comes with installed Tomcat):

How do I know which user is running Tomcat?
I tried to give full permissions to the files in error, no more luck

/asle

2009/3/11 Justin Deoliveira <jdeolive@anonymised.com…>

Hi Asle,

Best if you keep stuff on the public list so others can learn, and also help.

Looking at the log file there is a bunch of stuff in there… but one thing that pops out is:

Cannot Write to file: /Library/Tomcat/webapps/geoserver/data/services.x
ml

So it could be a permissions issue. The user that is running tomcat needs write access to the webapps/geoserver directory. If you could try checking that and restart that would be great.

If you do see another problem, can i ask you to first clear out catalog.out, restart and try again. That way we will know what exactly the relevant error is.

Thanks,

-Justin

Asle Benoni wrote:

Here is the attached catalina.out.

/asle

2009/3/11 Justin Deoliveira <jdeolive@anonymised.com mailto:[jdeolive@anonymised.com](mailto:jdeolive@anonymised.com)>

Hi Asle,

It would be helpful if you could attach the start up log. Probably
in /Library/Tomcat/logs/catalina.out.

-Justin

Asle Benoni wrote:

Hello,
I am trying to install on OS X Server 10.5 which comes with
Tomcat already installed. I copied the geoserver.war to
/Library/Tomcat/webapps/.
I start Tomcat and navigate to http://localhost:8080/geoserver
I am sure this is the correct folder for the webapps checking
the other apps and testing with a new file in the folder.

But when I navigate to geoserver URL I get this error:

type Status report

message

description The requested resource () is not available.

I checked to see that the war file was unpacked and there is now
a folder “geoserver”. What am I doing wrong?

/asle

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Justin_Deoliveira · March 12, 2009, 6:17pm

Asle Benoni wrote:

Sorry, I didn't notice I was only responding to you
.
On OS X Server (it comes with installed Tomcat):
- How do I know which user is running Tomcat?

Hmmm... not sure exactly. I usually download tomcat separately and run it manually on my mac.

- I tried to give full permissions to the files in error, no more luck

The log is still a bit hard to filter out. But one thing i do see alot of is "java.net.BindException: Address already in use<null>:8080", which means another service is probably running on port 8080. What do you see when you visit http://localhost:8080?

Regardless, you can change the port to some other like 9090. Just edit the conf/server.xml, search for 8080 and change appropriately.

/asle

2009/3/11 Justin Deoliveira <jdeolive@anonymised.com <mailto:jdeolive@anonymised.com>>

    Hi Asle,

    Best if you keep stuff on the public list so others can learn, and
    also help.

    Looking at the log file there is a bunch of stuff in there... but
    one thing that pops out is:

    Cannot Write to file: /Library/Tomcat/webapps/geoserver/data/services.x
    ml

    So it could be a permissions issue. The user that is running tomcat
    needs write access to the webapps/geoserver directory. If you could
    try checking that and restart that would be great.

    If you do see another problem, can i ask you to first clear out
    catalog.out, restart and try again. That way we will know what
    exactly the relevant error is.

    Thanks,

    -Justin

    Asle Benoni wrote:

        Here is the attached catalina.out.

        /asle

        2009/3/11 Justin Deoliveira <jdeolive@anonymised.com
        <mailto:jdeolive@anonymised.com> <mailto:jdeolive@anonymised.com
        <mailto:jdeolive@anonymised.com>>>

           Hi Asle,

           It would be helpful if you could attach the start up log.
        Probably
           in /Library/Tomcat/logs/catalina.out.

           -Justin

           Asle Benoni wrote:

               Hello,
               I am trying to install on OS X Server 10.5 which comes with
               Tomcat already installed. I copied the geoserver.war to
               /Library/Tomcat/webapps/.
               I start Tomcat and navigate to
        http://localhost:8080/geoserver
               I am sure this is the correct folder for the webapps checking
               the other apps and testing with a new file in the folder.

               But when I navigate to geoserver URL I get this error:

               *type* Status report

               *message*

               *description* _The requested resource () is not available._

               I checked to see that the war file was unpacked and there
        is now
               a folder "geoserver". What am I doing wrong?

               /asle

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        Eclipse(TM)based
               development
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Asle_Benoni · March 22, 2009, 11:12am

Hello,
I have managed to get geoserver working fine on OS X Server 10.5. What is nice is that there is so much compiled software into the OS that I did not have to install much, i.ex. to deploy a war file was easy.

I am sorry I did not really understand why it did not work first. I placed the geoserver.war file into …/webapps and restarted TomCat. I understood I may not have had to but could deploy from the TomCat Manager. Anyway upon restart the war file was unpacked but I got an error on http://127.0.0.1/geoserver that the “…file not found…”. When I restarted TomCat again (…/bin/shutdown.sh - startup.sh) I saw in catalina.out that there were duplicate Javas running (I think). The solution was to restart the OS X Server and start TomCat (since I have not made a startupitem yet)

Now I wanted to install the standalone GeoWebCache and copied the the geowebcache.war file to webapps. I thought maybe that the old geoserver.war was not needed anymore. Then the complete geoserver folder was deleted (!!) and all my settings were gone

So after copying back geoserver.war and geowebcahc.war , TomCat restart and just waiting (15 minutes!) I could again access http://127.0.0.1/geoserver and **http://127.0.0.1/geowebcach**e

Now my questions are:

Must the war files always stay in the webapps folder? Seems that if I remove the war files, the unpacked folder is deleted!
Will the standalone GeoWebCache interere with the builtin gwc ( http://127.0.0.1/gwc/demo)) ? Will GeoServer/GeoWebCahce configs interfere?

Thanks for any replies!

/asle

Den 11. mars. 2009 kl. 15.17 skrev Antonello Moneta:

Hi Asle,

Have you installed in your system java JDK? If yes, check if the
version of JDK are you using is compatible with geoserver version you
downloaded.

Greetings Antonello.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Asle Benoni <asle.benoni@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hello,

I am trying to install on OS X Server 10.5 which comes with Tomcat already

installed. I copied the geoserver.war to /Library/Tomcat/webapps/.

I start Tomcat and navigate to http://localhost:8080/geoserver

I am sure this is the correct folder for the webapps checking the other apps

and testing with a new file in the folder.

But when I navigate to geoserver URL I get this error:

type Status report

message

description The requested resource () is not available.

I checked to see that the war file was unpacked and there is now a folder

“geoserver”. What am I doing wrong?

/asle

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Andrea_Aime3 · March 23, 2009, 9:34am

Asle Benoni ha scritto:

Hello,
I have managed to get geoserver working fine on OS X Server 10.5. What is nice is that there is so much compiled software into the OS that I did not have to install much, i.ex. to deploy a war file was easy.

I am sorry I did not really understand why it did not work first. I placed the geoserver.war file into ../webapps and restarted TomCat. I understood I may not have had to but could deploy from the TomCat Manager. Anyway upon restart the war file was unpacked but I got an error on* http://127.0.0.1/geoserver* that the "..file not found..". When I restarted TomCat again (../bin/shutdown.sh - startup.sh) I saw in catalina.out that there were duplicate Javas running (I think). The solution was to restart the OS X Server and start TomCat (since I have not made a startupitem yet)

Now I wanted to install the standalone *GeoWebCache* and copied the the geowebcache.war file to webapps. I thought maybe that the old *geoserver.wa*r was not needed anymore. Then the complete *geoserver* folder was *deleted* (!!) and all my settings were gone

This is normal Tomcat behaviour. If you want to remove the .war file,
you can do so, but only with Tomcat stopped. If it's running it'll
interpret your action as a request to wipe out the application.

Also, in production, consider setting up an external data directory,
this makes upgrades a lot easier. More information here:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/2.5+GeoServer+Data+Directory

So after copying back geoserver.war and geowebcahc.war , TomCat restart and just waiting (15 minutes!) I could again access *http://127.0.0.1/geoserver* and *http://127.0.0.1/geowebcach**e*

Now my questions are:

- Must the war files always stay in the webapps folder? Seems that if I remove the war files, the unpacked folder is deleted!

- Will the standalone GeoWebCache interere with the builtin *gwc* ( http://127.0.0.1/gwc/demo) ? Will GeoServer/GeoWebCahce configs interfere?

They should not, as far as I know.
Cheers
Andrea

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Andrea_Aime3 · March 23, 2009, 11:30am

Asle Benoni ha scritto:

Thanks!

Asle, please keep the mail on the mailing list.

I just wonder in which web.xml I put the config. In geoserver or geowebcache? I found this in web.xml in ../webapps/geowebcache/WEB-INF/web.xml

The GeoServer data directory config must be in the GeoServer
WEB-INF/web.xml.
As for GWC, I don't know, but I guess someone else
might.

Cheers
Andrea

Do I use the second <context-param>? What is the default location of the cache files? I see I can read the same files that the built-in gwc has made already.

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