Geo Server installation and getting started

First you need to have java installed on your system.

check if you have it

java -version

If you dont have any install it:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdksudo openjdk-8-jre

Optional: if you need postgreSQL as data store install it with PostGis:

sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib
sudo apt install postgis

Now download binary geoserver from its official website:

GeoServer

or use terminal for download and unzip. e.g:

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.18.1/geoserver-2.18.1-bin.zip/download
unzip geoserver-2.18.1-bin.zip

Finally: copy or move the extracted folder to /usr/local/ and set the GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable:

sudo cp -r GeoServerExtarctedFolder /usr/local/
echo "export GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/share/GeoServerExtarctedFolder" >> ~/.profile
. ~/.profile
#export GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/local/GeoServerExtarctedFolder
sudo chown -R vahid /usr/local/GeoServerExtarctedFolder/

Now start the Server :

./usr/local/GeoServerExt…