Upgrade

This section describes how to perform an upgrade to GeoServer Enterprise 2020.5.3.

Before you start

Minor updates may be performed in place:

  • GeoCat Recommends backing up your GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR, and the configuration conf/Catalina/localhost/geoserver.xml file.

For major updates or migrating from an earlier version of GeoServer:

  • GeoCat Recommends backing up your GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR, and the configuration conf/Catalina/localhost/geoserver.xml file.

  • We do not recommend upgrading on a production server. Instead perform a new installation and transfer your data and settings to the new machine.

References:

Minor Update (Windows)

GeoServer Enterprise 2020.5 Update

Release

GeoServer

Updates

Standard

Premium

GeoServer Enterprise Premium 2020.5

GeoServer 2.18.5
GeoServer 2.18.1
GeoServer 2.18.0
GeoServer 2.17.2

2020

2023

2025

Minor upgrades can be performed in place and consist of a new web archive:

  1. Login to nexus.geocat.net and browse to the enterprise folder:

    Navigate to the latest geoserver release and select the geoserver-standard zip archive.

    ../../_images/nexus-download.png

  2. Unzip this file containing:

    • windows - sample configuration files

    • GPL and LICENSE.txt open source license information

    • geoserver.war - geoserver enterprise web application used below

  3. Stop the Tomcat service:

  4. Open the Tomcat Program folder by using the Start menu to select Apache Tomcat ‣ Tomcat Program Directory.

    ../../_images/tomcatprogramfolder.png

  5. Open the webapps folder, and delete the existing:

    • geoserver/ folder

    • geoserver.war web archive

  6. Copy the geoserver.war file to the to tomcat webapps folder.

  7. Start the Tomcat service.

    Tomcat will deploy geosever.war web application, creating geoserver folder for the running application.

  8. In your web browser, navigate to localhost:8080/geoserver to verify that GeoServer Enterprise is correctly working.

    ../../_images/gserunning.png

Minor Update (Linux)

GeoServer Enterprise 2020.5 Update

Release

GeoServer

Updates

Standard

Premium

GeoServer Enterprise Premium 2020.5

GeoServer 2.18.5
GeoServer 2.18.1
GeoServer 2.18.0
GeoServer 2.17.2

2020

2023

2025

Minor upgrades can be performed in place and consist of a new web archive:

  1. Login to nexus.geocat.net and browse to the enterprise folder:

    Navigate to the latest geoserver release and select the geoserver-standard zip archive.

    ../../_images/nexus-download.png

  2. Unzip this file containing:

    • windows - sample configuration files

    • GPL and LICENSE.txt open source license information

    • geoserver.war - geoserver enterprise web application used below

  3. Stop the Tomcat service:

    sudo service tomcat9 stop

  4. Navigate to the [Tomcat_folder]/webapps folder (often /var/lib/tomcat9/webapps or /opt/tomcat/latest/webapps.)

    Remove the previous web application:

    rm geoserver.war
rm -r geoserver

  5. Copy the geoserver.war file to the to tomcat webapps folder.

  6. Start the Tomcat service:

    sudo service tomcat9 start

    Tomcat will deploy geosever.war web application, creating geoserver folder for the running application.

  7. In your web browser, navigate to localhost:8080/geoserver to verify that GeoServer Enterprise is correctly working.

    ../../_images/gserunning.png

GeoServer Enterprise Upgrade

GeoServer Enterprise Upgrades

Release

GeoServer

Updates

Standard

Premium

GeoServer Enterprise Premium 2021.1

GeoServer 2.20
GeoServer 2.19

2021

2024

2026

GeoServer Enterprise Premium 2020.5

GeoServer 2.18
GeoServer 2.17

2020

2023

2025

GeoServer Enterprise 2.14

GeoServer 2.14

2019

2022

2024

GeoServer Enterprise 2.13

GeoServer 2.13

2018

2021

2023

GeoServer Enterprise Standard is provided ready to use with popular extensions preinstalled.

GeoServer Enterprise Premium is provided as a preconfigured web archive with the extensions you have requested. If you have chosen to remove an extension please work with our staff on the my.geocat.net support portal to determine if any modifications to your data directory are required during the upgrade process.

Migrating from GeoServer Distribution

It is straight forward to migrate from the GeoServer Community Distribution to GeoServer Enterprise.

Migration guidance for specific versions of GeoServer are noted below, along with timeframe for community updates and GeoCat support information.

Migrate Guidance

Version

Guidance

Updates

Standard

Premium

GeoServer 2.20

September 2022|br| October 2021

2024

2026

GeoServer 2.19

February 2022
March 2021

2024

2026

GeoServer 2.18

August 2021
September 2020

2023

2025

GeoServer 2.17

End of ArcSDE support

February 2021
April 2020

2023

2025

GeoServer 2.16

August 2020|br| September 2019

2022

2024

GeoServer 2.15

Java 8 LTS minimum
Java 11 LTS supported

February 2020
March 2019

2022

2024

GeoServer 2.14

REST API geometry bindings changed, recommend re-testing automation scripts.

July 2019
September 2018

2021

2023

GeoServer 2.13

December 2018
March 2018

2021

2023

GeoServer 2.12

REST API ported to spring-framework, recommend re-testing automation scripts.

August 2018
October 2017

2020

2022

GeoServer 2.11

February 2018
March 2017

2020

2022

GeoServer 2.10

August 2017
October 2016

2019

2021

GeoServer 2.9

Java 8 required

January 2017
May 2016

2019

2021

GeoServer 2.8

End of Java 7 Support

August 2016
September 2015

2018

2020

To migrate from GeoServer distribution to GeoServer Enterprise:

  1. Locate your GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR:

    • Binary: data_dir

    • WAR: webapps/geoserver/data

    • Windows: C:\ProgramData\GeoServer\Data

    • Windows: C:\Program Files\GeoServer\data_dir

    • Linux: /usr/share/geoserver

    Make a backup of your data directory:

    cd /usr/share
zip -r data.zip geoserver

  2. Check for any configuration settings recorded in:

    • Windows: bin/setenv.bat

    • Linux: bin/setenv.sh

    • Linux: /etc/default/tomcat7 service, using a``JAVA_OPTS`` environmental variable

    • Windows Service: Apache Tomcat 9.0 Tomcat Properties, where Java Options are located on the Java tab.

    During upgrade any custom settings noted here can be applied to your new system following: Set Java startup options.

  3. Check if conf/web.xml has enabled Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS):

    <filter>
  <filter-name>CorsFilter</filter-name>
  <filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.CorsFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
  <filter-name>CorsFilter</filter-name>
  <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

    To enable CORS for your new system: Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS).

  1. Follow the GeoSever Enterprise installation instructions:

    Transfer your backup (the file :data.zip above) for use when setting up the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR.

    The file will be unpacked into the recommended location:

    • Linux: /var/opt/geoserver/data

    • Windows: C:\ProgramDataGeoServer\Data

    This GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR configuration will be updated in place as GeoServer starts up.

Migrating from Boundless Suite

Planning a migrating to GeoServer Enterprise Premium should be conducted with the assistance of staff on the my.geocat.net support portal to ensure your pre-configured web archive as the extensions you require.

Boundless Suite / OpenGeo Suite Version Reference

Version

GeoServer

Environment

Date

Boundless Suite 1.2.0

GeoServer 2.15

Java 8 / Java 11 / Tomcat 9

2019

Boundless Suite 1.1.1

GeoServer 2.13

Java 8 / Tomcat 8.5

2018

Boundless Suite 1.0.0

GeoServer 2.12

Java 8 / Tomcat 8.5

2018

Boundless Suite 4.10

GeoServer 2.11

Java 8 / Tomcat 8.0

2017

OpenGeo Suite 4.9

GeoServer 2.9

Java 8 / Tomcat 8.0

2016

OpenGeo Suite 4.8

GeoServer 2.8

Java 7 / Tomcat 7

2016

OpenGeo Suite 4.7

GeoServer 2.7

Java 7 / Tomcat 7

2015
Linux Package Migration Guidance

linux package

migration guidance

suite-composer

Use of geocat bridge, improved GeoServer style editor

suite-dashboard

not-available

suite-docs

Latest GeoServer Enterprise documentation

suite-geoserver

GeoServer Enterprise Standard

suite-geowebcache

download standalone geowebacache

suite-quickview

Recommend GeoNetwork Enterprise Map viewer

suite-wpsbuilder

Recommend QGIS WPS Client plugin

tomcat8

Recommend tomcat provided by your linux distribution

postgresql-9.3-postgis-2.1

Recommend postgresql and postgis provided by your linux distribution
GeoServer Extensions Migration Guidance

boundless-server-gs-app-schema

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-arcsde

Unavailable

boundless-server-gs-cloudwatch

boundless-server-gs-cluster

boundless-server-gs-csw

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-db2

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-gdal

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-geomesa-accumulo

boundless-server-gs-grib

boundless-server-gs-gsr

boundless-server-gs-inspire

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-jdbcconfig

boundless-server-gs-jdbcstore

boundless-server-gs-jp2k

boundless-server-gs-mongodb

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-netcdf

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-netcdf-out

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-oracle

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-printing

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-script

Unavailable

boundless-server-gs-spatialstatistics

boundless-server-gs-sqlserver

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

boundless-server-gs-vectortiles

GeoServer Enterprise Premium

Keep in mind that some components such as jdbcconfig and jdbcstore fall outside of GeoCat Enterprise service-level agreement.

  • We do not recommend upgrading on a production server. Instead perform a migration to new GeoServer Enterprise installation and transfer your data and settings to the new machine.

    OpenGeo Suite was distributed as a series of packages resulting in a non-standard Tomcat environment making upgrading in-place impractical.

To migrate from Boundless Suite:

  1. Locate your GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR:

    • Windows: C:\ProgramData\Boundless\geoserver\data\Data

    • Windows: C:\ProgramData\Boundless\OpenGeo\geoserver

    • Linux: /var/opt/boundless/geoserver/data

    • Linux: /var/lib/opengeo/geoserver

    Make a backup of your data directory:

    cd /var/lib/opengeo
zip -r data.zip geoserver

  2. Check for any configuration settings recorded in:

    • /etc/default/tomcat7 service, locate OPENGEO_OPTS:

      OPENGEO_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms256m -Xmx768m -Xrs -XX:PerfDataSamplingInterval=500 -Dorg.geotools.referencing.forceXY=true

    During upgrade any custom settings noted here can be applied to your new system following: Set Java startup options.

  3. Check if conf/web.xml has enabled Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS):

    <filter>
  <filter-name>CorsFilter</filter-name>
  <filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.CorsFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
  <filter-name>CorsFilter</filter-name>
  <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

    To enable CORS for your new system: Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS).

  4. Follow the GeoSever Enterprise installation instructions:

    Transfer your backup (the file :data.zip above) for use when setting up the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR.

    The file will be unpacked into the recommended location:

    • Linux: /var/opt/geoserver/data

    • Windows: C:\ProgramDataGeoServer\Data

    This GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR configuration will be updated in place as GeoServer starts up.

  5. Migrate PostgreSQL / PostGIS database.

    If you made use of Boundless Suite PostGIS database, migrate to the new system following the PostGIS Dump/Restore” instructions.