Running in a production environment

GeoServer is geared towards many different uses, from a simple test server to the enterprise-level data server. While many optimizations for GeoServer are set by default, here are some extra considerations to keep in mind when running GeoServer in a production environment.

• Java Considerations
  • Use supported JRE
  • Running on Java 17
  • Running on Java 11
• Container Considerations
  • Optimize your JVM
  • Use newer Marlin rasterizer
  • Enable CORS
• Configuration Considerations
  • General Guidance
  • GeoServer Workspace Admin Guidance
  • GeoServer Administrator Guidance
  • System Administrator Guidance
  • Application Server Guidance
  • Security and Service Hardening
  • Session Management
• Data Considerations
  • Use an external data directory
  • Use a spatial database
  • Pick the best performing coverage formats
• Linux init scripts
  • Debian/Ubuntu
  • Suse
  • Starting GeoServer in Tomcat
• Other Considerations
  • Host your application separately
  • Proxy your server
  • Publish your server’s capabilities documents
  • Clustering
• Troubleshooting
  • User Interface
  • Web Services
  • Leveraging GeoServer own log
  • Server Status JVM Console
  • Using JDK tools to get stack and memory dumps
  • Configuration
• Make cluster nodes identifiable from the GUI