Yes, please try copying the data/ directory from the GeoServer WAR file to the desired location.
-- David Winslow OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:01 AM, jude mwenda <[email protected]> wrote: > Does the directory have to have files/content. I created a file which is > empty and restarted but the GeoServer still reads > /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/geoserver/data > > > On 19 October 2011 16:49, David Winslow <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, changing the datadir can be slightly tricky for two reasons: >> >> 1) GeoServer will not respect this setting until *tomcat is restarted* >> 2) GeoServer will *ignore the setting* if the directory doesn't exist >> (that one always trips me up.) >> >> So double-check that the directory exists - either copy/paste the path >> from your web.xml into the command line for an "ls" command, or use >> "readlink -f my-data-dir" to get a full path to the datadir you can >> copy/paste into the web.xml. >> >> Then restart GeoServer and check the tomcat log for errors. >> >> -- >> David Winslow >> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ >> >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:56 AM, jude mwenda <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I had this issue before, where having installed using Ariel's GeoNode >>> packages, changing the following files does not result in a change on >>> GeoServer Data directory. The files are: >>> /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/web.xml >>> /etc/geonode/geoserver/web.xml >>> >>> No change in either of this results in the change of the Data directory. >>> The data directory points to /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/geoserver/data. >>> Any pointers? >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Jude Mwenda >>> Skype id: jmwenda >>> Twitter: www.twitter.com/judemwenda >>> Web: www.africangeogeek.com >>> >>> "Was ist mein Leben, wenn ich nicht mehr nützlich für andere." >>> Johann Wolfgang von Goethe >>> >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > > Jude Mwenda > Skype id: jmwenda > Twitter: www.twitter.com/judemwenda > Web: www.africangeogeek.com > > "Was ist mein Leben, wenn ich nicht mehr nützlich für andere." > Johann Wolfgang von Goethe >
