You can set the data directory anywhere on your file system as described in
the following documentation:
http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/datadirectory/data-dir-setting.html
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On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Okello Nelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> GeoServer uses its installation directory by default to store data,
> the directory is called 'data'. If you wish to keep your data on
> reinstalling GeoServer, you need to backup that directory before
> deleting geoserver directory.
>
> I haven''t checked it out but I think there's away of configuring a
> directory that's outside of the web directory.
>
> Even if you use PostGIS to store your data, all configuration
> information is stored in this directory. So, backing it up before
> reinstalling GeoServer can help a lot.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Okello Nelson.
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Mustafa646 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have installed Geoserver 2.1 snapshot as a web Archive inside Apache
> Tomcat
> > 6.0 and my data directory is placed at C:\GIS_Data. Due to some unknown
> > reasons, Geoserver have been corrupted. Then I uninstall Apache and
> > Installed it again with Geoserver as web archive, but this time i could
> not
> > see my published layers (38 layers) in geoserver. it only shows the
> default
> > layers that comes with Geoserver. i am wondering, should i need to
> publish
> > all the layers again ? or is there any way, so that Geoserver
> automatically
> > publish all my layers?
> > Should i need to specify the path of my data directory to GeoServer? if
> yes,
> > then where should i do this ?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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