 | Step By Step Guide There is a step-by-step install guide here |
The GeoServer 1.5.* server ships with a minimal configuration of a few shapefiles and rasters, with some demo applications.
The steps are:
- Install the latest JDK (currently JDK6u1, GeoServer will work with any JDK 1.4+). On Unix, set the JAVA_HOME variable. On Windows, check to make sure the JDK installation set JAVA_HOME correctly.
- Download and install geoserver-1.5.-bin.zip or geoserver-1.5.exe.
- Start GeoServer. With the windows installer you should have specified a short cut location, for linux shell scripts will be $GEOSERVER_HOME/bin
- You may run a simple test by starting your container and entering this address:
http://localhost:8080/geoserver/wfs/GetCapabilities
If GeoServer is running, you should see an XML capabilities document. If you get nothing, then you should consult your server documentation to see what has gone wrong. Your browser must have Javascript enabled.
- To configure GeoServer enter the following address:
http://localhost:8080/geoserver/
GeoServer has to compile some data, this process should take a minute or two. This is a one time only delay.
To interact with the configuration system you will need to login with the user name admin and the password geoserver. You can change the password at Server->Config->Password. Should you require help, hover over the area of interest in the web administration tool and a messge will appear.
Congratulations now have a working GeoServer installation!
You may be interested in some of the included demos, which just get the tip of what GeoServer can do:
(you must have GeoServer running to try the following)
A variety of demos, including previews of layers, WFS-T with MapBuilder, and a simple javascript photo app, are available at:
http://localhost:8080/geoserver/demo.do
If you're still in a hurry you can try out GeoServer with your own Shapefile, just follow this tutorial.
You can also dig into the full documentation at 2 Configuring GeoServer, though since you quickstarted you can skip the 1.1 Install GeoServer section. For additional support an active user community is available by joining the GeoServer mailing lists. We also strongly encourage you to report any bugs or feature improvements you'd like to see.
 | More Documentation More documentation is available here. |
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http://localhost:8080/geoserver/ not http://locahost:8080/geoserver/ missing "l" 
Posted by at Feb 20, 2006 03:16
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I have looked everywhere tryin gto find a why to run GeoServer on a Windows 2003 server with a Service. I have tried to manuall install a service but it will not start. I am sure I can't be the only one who needs to run it as a service, I mean it is a SERVER software. I can't help but suggest a user forum to let everyone discuss topics like this.
Posted by upgraders at Aug 15, 2006 14:31
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See: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-370 for a way to run as a service. We hope to include it in the default distribution soon. As for user forums, you can interact with the user list as a forum at: http://www.nabble.com/GeoServer-f1193.html
Posted by cholmes at Aug 16, 2006 15:31
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It would be nice to have a clue how to find what to set JAVA_HOME to. I'll have to hunt where my distribution put the files without knowing which file I'm looking for.
Posted by sewilco at Nov 29, 2007 15:19
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"You may run a simple test by starting your container" once you figure out what a container is and how to start one.
Posted by sewilco at Nov 29, 2007 15:39
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Nope, JAVA_HOME needs the location of libraries different from the java executable. Looks like the proper setting for my system is export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.03/
Posted by sewilco at Nov 29, 2007 16:38
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