Yes. If you use a relative path to specify your data files, it will be
looked up relative to the GeoServer data directory. But you may also
provide an absolute path. So, don't store the data inside the datadir, and
provide an absolute path when configuring your connections.
--
David Winslow
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Gabriel Vatin <
[email protected]> wrote:
> **
> Thank you for this answer. I only have a single instance for now, I plan
> to do a second within a few weeks. I'll have a look on the existing
> messages.
> But the main question is : is it possible to connect two instances to the
> same GIS dir (and not the whole data_dir, as it is explained in the GS doc)
> ?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gabriel
>
>
>
> On 05/10/2012 14:51, Stefano Iacovella wrote:
>
> Hi Gabriel
>
> having two instances of GeoServer deployed on the same Tomcat is not an
> ideal situation. You may encounter memory issue, look on the list for a
> recent and detailed answer of Andrea Aime on this subject.
> As the Tomcat itself has a very little overhead I would go with two Tomcat
> instances, each one with a GeoServer. You may also consider, if caching
> layers makes sense in your case, to deploy an external GeoWebCache instance.
>
> Regards
>
> Stefano
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> 2012/10/5 Gabriel Vatin <[email protected]>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I wonder if it is possible to create two instances of GS 2.2 on a single
>> Tomcat7 : both would have the same layers and data (shp, tiff, PostGis
>> etc), but they would have different security configuration. The idea is
>> that one GS would be secured by IP, the other one with password.
>> I don't want to share the same "data_dir' because it contains all the
>> XML configuration, but the the data in it. In the web.xml configuration
>> file, the DATA_DIR value contains both configuration and data files. Is
>> there a variable for only GIS data files, so that I can have different
>> configurations ?
>>
>> I hope I'm clear enough. Thanks for your help,
>>
>>
>> Gabriel Vatin
>>
>>
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