Migrating a Data Directory between different versions¶

Minor and major version numbers¶

There should generally be no problems or issues migrating data directories between major and minor versions of GeoServer (i.e. from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1 and vice versa, or from 1.6.x to 1.7.x and vice versa).

Migrating between GeoServer 1.7.x and 2.0.x¶

When using GeoServer 2.0.x with a data directory from the 1.7.x branch, modifications will occur to the directory immediately that will make the data directory incompatible with 1.7.x! Below is a list of changes made to the data directory.

wfs.xml
wcs.xml
wms.xml
logging.xml
global.xml
workspaces/*
layergroups/*
styles/*.xml

Reverting from GeoServer 2.0.x to 1.7.x¶

In order to revert the directory to be compatible with 1.7.x again:

1. Stop GeoServer.

2. Delete the following files and directories:

   wfs.xml
   wcs.xml
   wms.xml
   logging.xml
   global.xml
   workspaces/*
   layergroups/*
   styles/*.xml

3. Rename catalog.xml.old to catalog.xml.

4. Rename services.xml.old to services.xml.