Install the server:
sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.1 postgresql-contrib-9.1 pgadmin3
Execute the psql command under user postgres (sudo -u postgres)
and connect to database postgres (psql postgres):
sudo -u postgres psql postgres
In this sql shell change the password:
\password
Exit sql shell :
\quit
You can now fire-up pgAdmin III and test if you can connect to PostgreSQL
Add PPA using:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable
Go to 'Ubuntu Software Center' and, from the menu, choose 'Edit -> Software Sources...'.
Change the distribution for http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu from 'raring' to 'quantal'.
Otherwise you will get an error message (could not open extension control file) when adding the PostGIS extension to your database.
Install postgis:
sudo apt-get install postgis postgresql-9.1-postgis-2.0 postgresql-9.1-postgis-2.0-scripts
Connect to PostgreSQL using pgAdmin III and create a new database (e.g. geo). After creation look for a sub-node on your database called 'Extensions' add the following extensions (right click, new extension..).
- postgis
- postgis_topology
There are several ways to install GeoServer this document describes installing it on Tomcat7. Since we want a play HTML/JavaScript application to be able to access it we're going to hide it behind Apache2 which will also serve the bespoke application.
Install Apache2 and Tomcat7:
sudo apt-get install apache2 tomcat7 tomcat7-admin
Install GeoServer war
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.4.0/geoserver-2.4.0-war.zip
unzip geoserver-2.4.0-war.zip geoserver.war
sudo mv geoserver.war /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/
It can take a little while for the web app to load, check if it is running by redirecting your browser to: http://localhost:8080/geoserver login with username admin and password geoserver
Enable additional modules:
sudo a2enmod proxy proxy_ajp
Add directive by editing a new file:
sudo vi /etc/apache2/conf.d/proxy.conf
or
sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/proxy.conf
Add the following line (note the port):
ProxyPass /geoserver ajp://localhost:8009/geoserver
Restart apache:
sudo service apache2 restart
If you now go to http://localhost/geoserver you will get a 503 error instead of a 404 since we first have to configure Tomcat7.
Open up the server.xml file:
sudo vi /etc/tomcat7/server.xml
or
sudo nano /etc/tomcat7/server.xml
Look for this fragment:
<!-- Define an AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8009 -->
<!--
<Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8443" />
-->
Change to:
<!-- Define an AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8009 -->
<Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" />
Save the file and restart Tomcat:
sudo service tomcat7 restart
If you now browse to http://localhost/geoserver you should see geoserver through apache2 reverse proxy. (first time could take a while since the app is restarting) If you still get a 503 error (temporary unavailable) first try a refresh, if that doesn't help, try and restart Apache2.
PostGIS install
PostGIS install Ubuntu 13.04
geoserver.org
Publishing a PostGIS Table on GeoServer
Great!