Sadly on changing the
file /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/web.xml changes still do not
reflect. Any pointers?

On 19 October 2011 17:03, David Winslow <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>
>
>


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Jude Mwenda
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Twitter: www.twitter.com/judemwenda
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