How To Configure GeoServer For The GBIF Data Portal
We are Daniel Amariles and Hector Tobon, we work for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture , based in Cali, Colombia, and we are currently correcting some bugs on the GBIF Data Portal. A few days ago we had to install Geoserver in order to deal with some map issues from the GBIF Data Portal. We want to take this opportunity to document our experience (installation and configuration) so that anybody inside the community can benefit from this knowledge. This post refers to a customised installation of GeoServer for the GBIF Data Portal. Installing GeoServer There are different ways to install GeoServer: Install Geoserver as a WAR in Apache Tomcat Install Geoserver as a binary file (OS independent) Configuring system variables Configure the following variables according to your system configuration. JAVA_HOME= Your JAVA installation path JAVA_OPTS="-XX:PermSize=512M -Xmx1g -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote" Install GeoServer as a WA...