[Geoserver-users] Question about Parameterize catalog settings

Oscar_Diago_Alonso · February 7, 2024, 10:21am

Good morning.

I’ve installed GeoServer 2.24.1 using the WAR file.

I also want to make use of the Parameterize catalog settings that is explained here: https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/datadirectory/configtemplate.html

Can anyone explain me how to set the -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true? Is a Windows system variable or do I need to add that in a file of GeoServer? I’ve tried creating the system variable, but it’s not working,

Thanks for any help provided!

Best regards.

Mark_Prins · February 7, 2024, 2:26pm

Op 07-02-2024 om 11:21 schreef Oscar Diago Alonso via Geoserver-users:

Good morning.

I’ve installed GeoServer 2.24.1 using the WAR file.

I also want to make use of the Parameterize catalog settings that is explained here: https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/datadirectory/configtemplate.html

Can anyone explain me how to set the *-DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true*? Is a Windows system variable or do I need to add that in a file of GeoServer? I’ve tried creating the system variable, but it’s not working,

it may depend on the servlet container and how that is started

jive · February 8, 2024, 1:27am

Are you using tomcat or jetty?

Not every system admin thing can be set as environmental variable, so I am going to check the code: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ageoserver%2Fgeoserver+ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION&type=code

It only shows checking the ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION system property:

allowEnvParametrization =
Boolean.valueOf(System.getProperty(“ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION”, “false”));

···

In general you can configure GeoServer as a system admin using:

Environmental variable - popular for docker containers
Java System Properties - Use -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true when starting up tomcat.
I do this by defining the environmental variable GEOSERVER_REQUIRE_FILE or JAVA_OPTS in Tomcat bin/setenv.sh, bin/setenv.bat or similar for jetty.
Web Application Context Parameter - I may be the only one who likes this: conf/Catalina/localhost/geonetwork.xml
Web Application Context Parameter - webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/web.xml - these are the defaults (you can edit but they are lost when upgrading)

Here are some instructions for setting GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR which is similar: https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/datadirectory/setting.html#java-system-property

I notice the above docs advise people to edit bin/setclasspath.sh … I prefer creating a file bin/setenv.sh (which I can keep when upgrading tomcat).

Following the geoserver production considerations and adding your ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION setting gives me this.

Create bin/startup.sh in your tomcat installation
Contents of file are:

#!/bin/sh

Prepend JVM Options

CATALINA_OPTS=“-XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=36000 -XX:-UsePerfData ${CATALINA_OPTS}”

Append system properties

CATALINA_OPTS=“${CATALINA_OPTS} -Dorg.geotools.referencing.forceXY=true”

See https://docs.geoserver.org/main/en/user/datadirectory/configtemplate.html

CATALINA_OPTS=“${CATALINA_OPTS} -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true”

Enjoy using GeoServer

–
Jody Garnett

Oscar_Diago_Alonso · February 8, 2024, 5:38am

Good morning.

Thanks for all the responses.

I’m using Tomncat.

I’ll try the options mentioned and see if I can make it work

Thankis!

···

Óscar Diago Alonso
Ingeniero GIS
(+34) 945 13 13 72 | Plza. del Renacimiento, 9, 2.ª planta, Oficina 2 - 01004 Vitoria-Gasteiz

De: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@…84…>
Enviado el: jueves, 8 de febrero de 2024 2:27
Para: Oscar Diago Alonso <Oscar.Diago@…8230…>
CC: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Asunto: [EXTERNO] Re: [Geoserver-users] Question about Parameterize catalog settings

Are you using tomcat or jetty?

Not every system admin thing can be set as environmental variable, so I am going to check the code: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ageoserver%2Fgeoserver+ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION&type=code

It only shows checking the ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION system property:

allowEnvParametrization =

Boolean.valueOf(System.getProperty(“ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION”, “false”));

In general you can configure GeoServer as a system admin using:

Environmental variable - popular for docker containers
Java System Properties - Use -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true when starting up tomcat.
I do this by defining the environmental variable GEOSERVER_REQUIRE_FILE or JAVA_OPTS in Tomcat bin/setenv.sh, bin/setenv.bat or similar for jetty.
Web Application Context Parameter - I may be the only one who likes this: conf/Catalina/localhost/geonetwork.xml
Web Application Context Parameter - webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/web.xml - these are the defaults (you can edit but they are lost when upgrading)

Here are some instructions for setting GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR which is similar: https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/datadirectory/setting.html#java-system-property

I notice the above docs advise people to edit bin/setclasspath.sh … I prefer creating a file bin/setenv.sh (which I can keep when upgrading tomcat).

Following the geoserver production considerations and adding your ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION setting gives me this.

Create bin/startup.sh in your tomcat installation
Contents of file are:

#!/bin/sh

Prepend JVM Options

CATALINA_OPTS=“-XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=36000 -XX:-UsePerfData ${CATALINA_OPTS}”

Append system properties

CATALINA_OPTS=“${CATALINA_OPTS} -Dorg.geotools.referencing.forceXY=true”

See https://docs.geoserver.org/main/en/user/datadirectory/configtemplate.html

CATALINA_OPTS=“${CATALINA_OPTS} -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true”

Enjoy using GeoServer

–

Jody Garnett

On Feb 7, 2024 at 2:21:27 AM, Oscar Diago Alonso via Geoserver-users <geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:

Good morning.

I’ve installed GeoServer 2.24.1 using the WAR file.

I also want to make use of the Parameterize catalog settings that is explained here: https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/datadirectory/configtemplate.html

Can anyone explain me how to set the -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true? Is a Windows system variable or do I need to add that in a file of GeoServer? I’ve tried creating the system variable, but it’s not working,

Thanks for any help provided!

Best regards.

Óscar Diago Alonso — Ingeniero GIS
(+34) 945 13 13 72 | Plza. del Renacimiento, 9, 2.ª planta, Oficina 2 - 01004 Vitoria-Gasteiz

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If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer

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Oscar_Diago_Alonso · February 8, 2024, 6:17am

Hi.

I forgot to say that is a Tomcat running in a Windows computer.

Best regards.

···

Óscar Diago Alonso
Ingeniero GIS
(+34) 945 13 13 72 | Plza. del Renacimiento, 9, 2.ª planta, Oficina 2 - 01004 Vitoria-Gasteiz

De: Oscar Diago Alonso via Geoserver-users geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Enviado el: jueves, 8 de febrero de 2024 6:38
Para: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@…84…>
CC: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Asunto: Re: [Geoserver-users] [EXTERNO] Re: Question about Parameterize catalog settings

Good morning.

Thanks for all the responses.

I’m using Tomncat.

I’ll try the options mentioned and see if I can make it work

Thankis!

Óscar Diago Alonso
Ingeniero GIS
(+34) 945 13 13 72 | Plza. del Renacimiento, 9, 2.ª planta, Oficina 2 - 01004 Vitoria-Gasteiz

De: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@…84…>
Enviado el: jueves, 8 de febrero de 2024 2:27
Para: Oscar Diago Alonso <Oscar.Diago@…8230…>
CC: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Asunto: [EXTERNO] Re: [Geoserver-users] Question about Parameterize catalog settings

Are you using tomcat or jetty?

Not every system admin thing can be set as environmental variable, so I am going to check the code: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ageoserver%2Fgeoserver+ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION&type=code

It only shows checking the ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION system property:

allowEnvParametrization =

Boolean.valueOf(System.getProperty(“ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION”, “false”));

In general you can configure GeoServer as a system admin using:

Environmental variable - popular for docker containers
Java System Properties - Use -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true when starting up tomcat.
I do this by defining the environmental variable GEOSERVER_REQUIRE_FILE or JAVA_OPTS in Tomcat bin/setenv.sh, bin/setenv.bat or similar for jetty.
Web Application Context Parameter - I may be the only one who likes this: conf/Catalina/localhost/geonetwork.xml
Web Application Context Parameter - webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/web.xml - these are the defaults (you can edit but they are lost when upgrading)

Here are some instructions for setting GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR which is similar: https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/datadirectory/setting.html#java-system-property

I notice the above docs advise people to edit bin/setclasspath.sh … I prefer creating a file bin/setenv.sh (which I can keep when upgrading tomcat).

Following the geoserver production considerations and adding your ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION setting gives me this.

Create bin/startup.sh in your tomcat installation
Contents of file are:

#!/bin/sh

Prepend JVM Options

CATALINA_OPTS=“-XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=36000 -XX:-UsePerfData ${CATALINA_OPTS}”

Append system properties

CATALINA_OPTS=“${CATALINA_OPTS} -Dorg.geotools.referencing.forceXY=true”

See https://docs.geoserver.org/main/en/user/datadirectory/configtemplate.html

CATALINA_OPTS=“${CATALINA_OPTS} -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true”

Enjoy using GeoServer

–

Jody Garnett

On Feb 7, 2024 at 2:21:27 AM, Oscar Diago Alonso via Geoserver-users <geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:

Good morning.

I’ve installed GeoServer 2.24.1 using the WAR file.

I also want to make use of the Parameterize catalog settings that is explained here: https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/datadirectory/configtemplate.html

Can anyone explain me how to set the -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true? Is a Windows system variable or do I need to add that in a file of GeoServer? I’ve tried creating the system variable, but it’s not working,

Thanks for any help provided!

Best regards.

Óscar Diago Alonso — Ingeniero GIS
(+34) 945 13 13 72 | Plza. del Renacimiento, 9, 2.ª planta, Oficina 2 - 01004 Vitoria-Gasteiz

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The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html

If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer

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jive · February 8, 2024, 6:21am

That is fine you can make a setenv.bat, or adjust options in the tomcat manager thing under Java options.

···

–
Jody Garnett

Oscar_Diago_Alonso · February 9, 2024, 5:38am

Good morning.

I made it work adding the option in the Tomcat manager.

Not the best of the solutions, but GeoServer is the only app that will be hosted on that Tomcat, so I won’t overthink it.

Thanks for all the help!

Óscar Diago Alonso
Ingeniero GIS
(+34) 945 13 13 72 | Plza. del Renacimiento, 9, 2.ª planta, Oficina 2 - 01004 Vitoria-Gasteiz

···

De: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@…84…>
Enviado el: jueves, 8 de febrero de 2024 7:22
Para: Oscar Diago Alonso <Oscar.Diago@…8230…>
CC: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Asunto: Re: [Geoserver-users] [EXTERNO] Re: Question about Parameterize catalog settings

That is fine you can make a setenv.bat, or adjust options in the tomcat manager thing under Java options.

–

Jody Garnett

On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 10:17 PM Oscar Diago Alonso <Oscar.Diago@…8230…> wrote:

Hi.

I forgot to say that is a Tomcat running in a Windows computer.

Best regards.

Óscar Diago Alonso
Ingeniero GIS
(+34) 945 13 13 72 | Plza. del Renacimiento, 9, 2.ª planta, Oficina 2 - 01004 Vitoria-Gasteiz

De: Oscar Diago Alonso via Geoserver-users <geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Enviado el: jueves, 8 de febrero de 2024 6:38
Para: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@…84…>
CC: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Asunto: Re: [Geoserver-users] [EXTERNO] Re: Question about Parameterize catalog settings

Good morning.

Thanks for all the responses.

I’m using Tomncat.

I’ll try the options mentioned and see if I can make it work

Thankis!

Óscar Diago Alonso
Ingeniero GIS
(+34) 945 13 13 72 | Plza. del Renacimiento, 9, 2.ª planta, Oficina 2 - 01004 Vitoria-Gasteiz

De: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@…84…>
Enviado el: jueves, 8 de febrero de 2024 2:27
Para: Oscar Diago Alonso <Oscar.Diago@…8230…>
CC: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Asunto: [EXTERNO] Re: [Geoserver-users] Question about Parameterize catalog settings

Are you using tomcat or jetty?

Not every system admin thing can be set as environmental variable, so I am going to check the code: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ageoserver%2Fgeoserver+ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION&type=code

It only shows checking the ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION system property:

allowEnvParametrization =

Boolean.valueOf(System.getProperty(“ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION”, “false”));

In general you can configure GeoServer as a system admin using:

Environmental variable - popular for docker containers

Java System Properties - Use -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true when starting up tomcat.
I do this by defining the environmental variable GEOSERVER_REQUIRE_FILE or JAVA_OPTS in Tomcat bin/setenv.sh, bin/setenv.bat or similar for jetty.

Web Application Context Parameter - I may be the only one who likes this: conf/Catalina/localhost/geonetwork.xml

Web Application Context Parameter - webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/web.xml - these are the defaults (you can edit but they are lost when upgrading)

Here are some instructions for setting GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR which is similar: https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/datadirectory/setting.html#java-system-property

I notice the above docs advise people to edit bin/setclasspath.sh … I prefer creating a file bin/setenv.sh (which I can keep when upgrading tomcat).

Following the geoserver production considerations and adding your ALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION setting gives me this.

Create bin/startup.sh in your tomcat installation

Contents of file are:

#!/bin/sh

Prepend JVM Options

CATALINA_OPTS=“-XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=36000 -XX:-UsePerfData ${CATALINA_OPTS}”

Append system properties

CATALINA_OPTS=“${CATALINA_OPTS} -Dorg.geotools.referencing.forceXY=true”

See https://docs.geoserver.org/main/en/user/datadirectory/configtemplate.html

CATALINA_OPTS=“${CATALINA_OPTS} -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true”

Enjoy using GeoServer

–

Jody Garnett

On Feb 7, 2024 at 2:21:27 AM, Oscar Diago Alonso via Geoserver-users <geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:

Good morning.

I’ve installed GeoServer 2.24.1 using the WAR file.

I also want to make use of the Parameterize catalog settings that is explained here: https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/datadirectory/configtemplate.html

Can anyone explain me how to set the -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true? Is a Windows system variable or do I need to add that in a file of GeoServer? I’ve tried creating the system variable, but it’s not working,

Thanks for any help provided!

Best regards.

Óscar Diago Alonso — Ingeniero GIS
(+34) 945 13 13 72 | Plza. del Renacimiento, 9, 2.ª planta, Oficina 2 - 01004 Vitoria-Gasteiz

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Geoserver-users mailing list

Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to this list:

Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/

The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html

If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer

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