I'm not sure then. Perhaps as a workaround you can use a symbolic link? ln -s /path/to/my/data /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/geoserver/data/
-- David Winslow OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:09 AM, jude mwenda <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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 >
