Docker Container

Geoserver is also packaged as a Docker Container. For more details, see the Geoserver Docker Container Project.

See the README.md file for more technical information.

Quick Start

This will run the container, with the data directory included with the container:

Make sure you have Docker installed.
Download the container:

These instructions are for GeoServer 2.26.1.
```
docker pull docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.26.1
```

Run the container

docker run -it -p8080:8080 docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.26.1

In a web browser, navigate to http://localhost:8080/geoserver.

If you see the GeoServer Welcome page, then GeoServer is successfully installed.

GeoServer Welcome Page
This setup is a quick test to ensure the software is working, but is difficult to use as file data can only be transferred to the data directory included with the container via the REST API.

Using your own Data Directory

This will run the container with a local data directory. The data directory will be mounted into the docker container.

Note

Change /MY/DATADIRECTORY to your data directory. If this directory is empty it will be populated with the standard Geoserver Sample Data Directory.

Make sure you have Docker installed.

Download the container

docker pull docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.26.1

Run the container

docker run  -it -p8080:8080 \
  --mount type=bind,src=/MY/DATADIRECTORY,target=/opt/geoserver_data \
  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.26.1

In a web browser, navigate to http://localhost:8080/geoserver.

If you see the GeoServer Welcome page, then GeoServer is successfully installed.

GeoServer Welcome Page
This setup allows direct management of the file data shared with the container. This setup is also easy to update to use the latest container.

Adding GeoServer Extensions

You can add GeoServer Extensions - the container will download them during startup.

docker run -it -p8080:8080 \
  --env INSTALL_EXTENSIONS=true \
  --env STABLE_EXTENSIONS="ysld,h2" \
  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.26.1

This will download and install the YSLD and H2 extension.

Here is a list of available extensions (taken from the build server):

app-schema   gdal            jp2k          ogr-wps          web-resource
authkey      geofence        libjpeg-turbo oracle           wmts-multi-dimensional
cas          geofence-server mapml         params-extractor wps-cluster-hazelcast
charts       geopkg-output   mbstyle       printing         wps-download
control-flow grib            mongodb       pyramid          wps-jdbc
css          gwc-s3          monitor       querylayer       wps
csw          h2              mysql         sldservice       xslt
db2          imagemap        netcdf-out    sqlserver        ysld
dxf          importer        netcdf        vectortiles
excel        inspire         ogr-wfs       wcs2_0-eo

Testing Geoserver Community modules

Working with a Nightly build is a good way to test community modules and provide feedback to developers working on new functionality.

Community modules are shared as part GeoServer 2.26.1 source code bundle to be compiled for testing and feedback by the developer community.

When the developer has met the documentation and quality assurance standards for GeoServer they may ask for the module to be included in GeoServer.

If you are interested in helping out please contact the developer (list in the pom.xml file for the module).

Reference:

community modules (Developer Guide)