I am looking for some advice. I am brand new to geoserver and brand new to
setting up and administering a server/web server. I got my hands on a dell
poweredge (i can provide specs upon request). since i am pretty much
working with a blank slate, i would like to solicit opinions on which OS
operating system would be the best in terms of ease of learning, ease of
implementing geoserver, etc.
any ideas? thanks!
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It depends what your intended outcome is. If you are going to set up a production server then you should pick the OS that you are most familiar with.
If that's Windows, then you probably have to go with Windows 2003 server (XP limits the number of connections and doesn't have drivers for most poweredge disk controllers).
With regards to Linux, I personally recommend CentOS (Red Hat clone), you can find instructions here:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/1.1+Install+GeoServer
Also see the the production notes:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/6+GeoServer+in+Production+Environment
-Arne
sinjin wrote:
I am looking for some advice. I am brand new to geoserver and brand new to
setting up and administering a server/web server. I got my hands on a dell
poweredge (i can provide specs upon request). since i am pretty much
working with a blank slate, i would like to solicit opinions on which OS
operating system would be the best in terms of ease of learning, ease of
implementing geoserver, etc.
any ideas? thanks!
Arne,
Can you recommend a good text (or online documentation) for getting started
with CentOS? Much of the GeoServer documentation seems getting you started
from already having CentOS installed.
Thanks!
-Walter
Arne Kepp-2 wrote:
It depends what your intended outcome is. If you are going to set up a
production server then you should pick the OS that you are most familiar
with.
If that's Windows, then you probably have to go with Windows 2003 server
(XP limits the number of connections and doesn't have drivers for most
poweredge disk controllers).
With regards to Linux, I personally recommend CentOS (Red Hat clone),
you can find instructions here:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/1.1+Install+GeoServer
Also see the the production notes:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/6+GeoServer+in+Production+Environment
-Arne
sinjin wrote:
I am looking for some advice. I am brand new to geoserver and brand new
to
setting up and administering a server/web server. I got my hands on a
dell
poweredge (i can provide specs upon request). since i am pretty much
working with a blank slate, i would like to solicit opinions on which OS
operating system would be the best in terms of ease of learning, ease of
implementing geoserver, etc.
any ideas? thanks!
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The official documentation is pretty good: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/ (it's Red Hat's)
Since you're installing it on a server (no need for wireless, browser plugins and all that stuff) it's pretty straightforward. Assuming you're free to reformat the hard drive(s), it's very straightforward. That part is easier than Windows imho, so I would just download the DVD and go. Try installing as little as possible on the first run, it's trivial to add features later.
-Arne
sinjin wrote:
Arne,
Can you recommend a good text (or online documentation) for getting started
with CentOS? Much of the GeoServer documentation seems getting you started
from already having CentOS installed.
Thanks!
-Walter
Arne Kepp-2 wrote:
It depends what your intended outcome is. If you are going to set up a production server then you should pick the OS that you are most familiar with.
If that's Windows, then you probably have to go with Windows 2003 server (XP limits the number of connections and doesn't have drivers for most poweredge disk controllers).
With regards to Linux, I personally recommend CentOS (Red Hat clone), you can find instructions here:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/1.1+Install+GeoServer
Also see the the production notes:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/6+GeoServer+in+Production+Environment
-Arne
sinjin wrote:
I am looking for some advice. I am brand new to geoserver and brand new
to
setting up and administering a server/web server. I got my hands on a
dell
poweredge (i can provide specs upon request). since i am pretty much
working with a blank slate, i would like to solicit opinions on which OS
operating system would be the best in terms of ease of learning, ease of
implementing geoserver, etc.
any ideas? thanks!
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Perfect - thanks!
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From: Arne Kepp [mailto:ak@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:01 PM
To: sinjin
Cc: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] new to GeoServer and open source operating
systems
The official documentation is pretty good: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/
(it's Red Hat's)
Since you're installing it on a server (no need for wireless, browser
plugins and all that stuff) it's pretty straightforward. Assuming you're
free to reformat the hard drive(s), it's very straightforward. That part
is easier than Windows imho, so I would just download the DVD and go.
Try installing as little as possible on the first run, it's trivial to
add features later.
-Arne
sinjin wrote:
Arne,
Can you recommend a good text (or online documentation) for getting
started
with CentOS? Much of the GeoServer documentation seems getting you
started
from already having CentOS installed.
Thanks!
-Walter
Arne Kepp-2 wrote:
It depends what your intended outcome is. If you are going to set up a
production server then you should pick the OS that you are most familiar
with.
If that's Windows, then you probably have to go with Windows 2003 server
(XP limits the number of connections and doesn't have drivers for most
poweredge disk controllers).
With regards to Linux, I personally recommend CentOS (Red Hat clone),
you can find instructions here:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/1.1+Install+GeoServer
Also see the the production notes:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/6+GeoServer+in+Production+Environment
-Arne
sinjin wrote:
I am looking for some advice. I am brand new to geoserver and brand new
to
setting up and administering a server/web server. I got my hands on a
dell
poweredge (i can provide specs upon request). since i am pretty much
working with a blank slate, i would like to solicit opinions on which OS
operating system would be the best in terms of ease of learning, ease of
implementing geoserver, etc.
any ideas? thanks!
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