Hi, Using GS 2.2 we are trying to setup GroupLayers (GLs). These GLs are used only for internal tiling via GWC and should not be accessible/advertised externally. Public access to GS is arranged by a URL-based access/load balancing layer external to GS.
However, the individual Layers for each GL should be publicly advertised and accessible. Our Layers are divided over Workspaces/Virtual Service endpoints. Each GL always contains Layers from a single WS. So our GLs cannot reside in the same WS as the individual Layers. So where to put the GLs without being visible ? The first approach was to put GLs in a separate Workspace, but even with "Global Services Enabled" we cannot add Layers from other WSs, which makes sense from the design of WSs. The second approach was to put GLs in the global WS (with Global Services enabled). As the global service endpoint is never publicly accessible this seemed to work. But now the issue is that the Global GLs are advertised in the Capabilities of the related WS (from which the Layers stem) so are visible but not accessible. At the moment that I add a Layer from any other WS to a global GL, this GL is never advertised in the WS Caps. So one workaround would be to add a Layer to each GL from a dummy WS with an empty layer that always returns a transparent/emtpy (e.g. via SLD) image and thus suppress advertisement in WSs. I realize our setup is not quite standard and appreciate the work that has gone into 2.2 Virtual Services, but maybe I overlooked a better option? Would it be a GS-enhancement to add an option to a global GL "do not advertise in WS"? kind regards / met vriendelijke groet, --Just Just van den Broecke www.justobjects.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
