[Geoserver-users] Setting the Data Directory

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Hi All,

I wanted to change the location of the data directory. First I changed the path on the web.xml file (even uncommented the section). When that didn't work I directly set the environment variable and that worked fine. I am using the binary version of geoserver (Jetty) on OSX.

Is the the start script is suppose to be looking toward the web.xml file for data directory information? Is so, shouldn't setting the variable in web.xml worked?

Thanks,
Alyssa.

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Hi Alyssa,

Not sure if you have already found an answer or not but this is a known issue:

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-2618

I have managed to change the data directory by following instructions here:

http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/rowen/AquaEnvVar.html

With the caveat that I had to restart my computer to get the changes to take effect.

-Justin

alyssa wright wrote:

Hi All,

I wanted to change the location of the data directory. First I changed the path on the web.xml file (even uncommented the section). When that didn't work I directly set the environment variable and that worked fine. I am using the binary version of geoserver (Jetty) on OSX.

Is the the start script is suppose to be looking toward the web.xml file for data directory information? Is so, shouldn't setting the variable in web.xml worked?

Thanks,
Alyssa.

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http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-1883 was the last time I worked on it and documents the intended behavior, but I never tested it on OS X.

(and we've moved a bit away from GEOSERVER_DATA_ROOT so 3A and 3B are no longer applicable afaik)

-Arne

Justin Deoliveira wrote:

Hi Alyssa,

Not sure if you have already found an answer or not but this is a known issue:

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-2618

I have managed to change the data directory by following instructions here:

http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/rowen/AquaEnvVar.html

With the caveat that I had to restart my computer to get the changes to take effect.

-Justin

alyssa wright wrote:
  

Hi All,

I wanted to change the location of the data directory. First I changed the path on the web.xml file (even uncommented the section). When that didn't work I directly set the environment variable and that worked fine. I am using the binary version of geoserver (Jetty) on OSX.

Is the the start script is suppose to be looking toward the web.xml file for data directory information? Is so, shouldn't setting the variable in web.xml worked?

Thanks,
Alyssa.

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