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diff --git a/gis/geoserver/README b/gis/geoserver/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..894c0569a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/gis/geoserver/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +GeoServer is a Java-base server that allows users to publish and edit +geospatial data using open standards. + +GeoServer is the reference implementation of the Open Geospatial Consortium's +Web Feature Service (WFS) and Web Coverage Service (WCS) standards, as well as +a high-performance Web Map Service (WMS). Additional functionality is available +through the use of plugins. + +This SlackBuild will install GeoServer as a web application for a Tomcat +servlet container. The SlackBuild will not overwrite any geoserver.war file +that has been deployed using /var/lib/tomcat/webapps, but by default they will +both be using the same /geoserver web path. This path can be changed from its +default by editing /etc/tomcat/Catalina/localhost/geoserver.xml. + +The SlackBuild will create a data directory for GeoServer at /var/lib/geoserver +but will not add any content, meaning that uninstalls, reinstalls, and upgrades +will not affect existing data directories. Nevertheless, the data directory +should still always be backed up prior to an upgrade. An empty data directory +will be populated by a minimal set of configuration files when GeoServer is +started for the first time. |