Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-14 Thread Jody Garnett
Preferred way is often defined by the app server admin ( that is you! ) So you can see why we do not want to answer, each organization works differently and geoserver tries to be flexible enough to work with each. On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:10 AM walter.nordmann wrote: > Rahkonen Jukka (MML) wrot

Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-14 Thread walter.nordmann
Rahkonen Jukka (MML) wrote > Hi, > > I made a very quick test and the result looks promising: > > 1) Install Geoserver 2.8 on Windows with the binary-zip alternative > 2) Test that Geoserver is running and then stop the server > 3) Download Jetty from > http://eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?f

Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-14 Thread Rahkonen Jukka (MML)
Hi, I made a very quick test and the result looks promising: 1) Install Geoserver 2.8 on Windows with the binary-zip alternative 2) Test that Geoserver is running and then stop the server 3) Download Jetty from http://eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/jetty/stable-9/dist/jetty-distributio

Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-14 Thread walter.nordmann
geowolf wrote > Ah, did not notice this was the devel list. Yeah, wrong list for such kind > of question, > a lot smaller audience, and here the discussion topic is only one, > how to improve GeoServer own code/functionality, it's a list by developers > for developers. You should ask on the users l

Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-14 Thread Andrea Aime
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:23 AM, walter.nordmann wrote: > geowolf wrote > > What Jody really meant is, on this list there are over 2000 subscribers: > > what you are asking is more servlet containers related than GeoServer > > specific, > > there should be a lot of other users here that have an

Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-14 Thread walter.nordmann
Stefano Costa-4 wrote > Are you referring to this page? > http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/datadirectory/data-dir-setting.html#web-archive Yes, i do. > What is not clear to you in that sentence? > You should download GeoServer as a Web archive >

Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-14 Thread walter.nordmann
geowolf wrote > What Jody really meant is, on this list there are over 2000 subscribers: > what you are asking is more servlet containers related than GeoServer > specific, > there should be a lot of other users here that have an idea, but if none > can/wants to help, there is always commercial sup

Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-14 Thread Stefano Costa
Hi Walter, On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 1:28 AM, walter.nordmann wrote: > GS Doc said "To specify the data directory using a servlet context > parameter, create the following element in the > WEB-INF/web.xml file for the GeoServer application:" > Are you referring to this page? http://docs.geoserve

Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-14 Thread Andrea Aime
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:41 AM, walter.nordmann wrote: > jody.garnett wrote > > You may wish to visit the support page for a range of support options, > > including commercial support. > > Ok, i'll check that. But be aware, openstreetmap is mainly a project driven > by private members which can

Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-14 Thread walter.nordmann
jody.garnett wrote > You may wish to visit the support page for a range of support options, > including commercial support. Ok, i'll check that. But be aware, openstreetmap is mainly a project driven by private members which can't pay for commercial support. I got the info that using war-files as

Re: [Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-13 Thread Jody Garnett
You may wish to visit the support page for a range of support options, including commercial support. Here is the Wikipedia page - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployment_descriptor ( web.xml is a file contained inside the geoserver war file that acts like driving directions for the application

[Geoserver-devel] changing data directory using geoserver.war with jetty

2015-10-13 Thread walter.nordmann
Hi, i'm going to use geoserver 2.8 for the first time as an servlet in my existing jetty9-server. I need to specify an external data_directory and would like to to it with a context file. But i don't know the exact format and where to put this file. I tried the directory "contexts" of jetty but