+1 also, my vote does not count
2010/6/1 Jody Garnett <[email protected]> > +1 > > That is very cool Andrea. Indeed if FTP is starting to be a staging area > for WFS results then it makes a lot of sense as well. > > jody > > On 01/06/2010, at 2:04 AM, Andrea Aime wrote: > > > Hi, > > I need an easy to set up FTP server for GeoServer > > so that remote admins can upload data. > > > > Alessio some time ago pointed me at Apache Mina FtpServer, > > and this tutorial shows how to create an embedded FTP > > server the easy way: > > http://mina.apache.org/ftpserver/embedding-ftpserver-in-5-minutes.html > > > > GeoSolutions actually added that into GeoBatch already. > > Alessio, Simone, is it working fine for you? > > > > I guess this would be a contribution of general interest. > > Yes, setting up a stand alone FTP server for the same purpose > > is not hard, but requires deciding which one you want to use > > platform per platform, configuring it, creating the necessary > > users (a separate set from GeoServer own users), and making > > sure the files created by the server can be read > > (and eventually written) by GeoServer. > > > > The idea of the embedded module is that you drop it in and > > it just start serving the data directory contents to all > > the GS users that have administration powers (since you need > > to be able to configure the data afterwards anyways). > > Basically a no options easy install that gets you going > > in 5 minutes. > > > > Given it's a full fledged FTP server we also get much better > > service than just file upload in forms, for example, no > > limit on file sizes, restartable services, easy multiple uploads, > > and a ton of existing clients on various platforms that > > can access it directly. > > > > So, opinions? > > > > Cheers > > Andrea > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Andrea Aime > > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > > Expert service straight from the developers. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geoserver-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > -- Francesco Izzi CNR - IMAA geoSDI Responsabile Sviluppo Software C.da S. Loja 85050 Tito Scalo - POTENZA (PZ) Italia phone: +39 0971427305 fax: +39 0971 427271 mob: +39 3203126609 mail: [email protected] skype: neofx8080 web: http://www.geosdi.org
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