Issue:
We have an issue where the wms.xml, wfs.xml, wcs.xml and wps.xml files in GeoServer from time to time get cleared of content, thus resulting in no services being available.
Environment:
We have 2 environments. Both exhibit the issue.
- Environment 1
a. GeoServer version 2.1.x
b. Running on RHEL 5.7
c. JBoss 5.1
d. Clustered configuration
i. 4 GeoServer Instances clustered sharing global file external data directory
ii. F5 Load balancer in front of the GeoServers.
- Environment 2
a. GeoServer version 2.1.x
b. Running on RHEL 5.7
c. JBoss 5.1
d. Clustered configuration
i. 2 GeoServers Clustered, sharing global file external data directory
ii. F5 Load balancer in front of the GeoServers.
Theory:
We ‘think’ this may be triggered by a rest reload command.
We do a reset reload command because we use the rest interface to create new layers. The call is made via one of the clustered GeoServers, and a reload of the other GeoServers in the cluster is required in order for them to become aware of the newly created layers.
It has been our observation that a back-to-back reload command often precedes the issue occurring.
Request:
I attempted to see if this issue has been reported as bug in the Jira system, but did not find a report that I thought was a match.
Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Is there an existing bug report for this issue?
Has this issue be addressing in a newer release?
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Respectfully,
Chris Moreau