Deployment And Setup Of GeoServer With WPS Remote Plugin¶

# as root

$> yum -y install man vim openssh-clients mc zip unzip wget net-tools

# as root

$> # Install OpenJDK 17 using the package manager
$> export SDKMAN_DIR="/usr/local/sdkman" && curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash
$> source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
$> sdk list java|grep "17.*\-tem"
$>             |     | 17.0.15      | tem     |            | 17.0.15-tem
$>             |     | 17.0.14      | tem     |            | 17.0.14-tem
$> sdk install java 17.0.15-tem -y
$> # Make Java available to all users
$> echo 'export SDKMAN_DIR="/usr/local/sdkman"' >> /etc/bashrc
$> echo '[[ -s "/usr/local/sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh" ]] && source "/usr/local/sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"' >> /etc/bashrc

# Verify the proper installation on the JDK

$> java -version
  openjdk version "17.0.15" 2025-04-15
  OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-17.0.15+6 (build 17.0.15+6)
  OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.15+6 (build 17.0.15+6, mixed mode, sharing)

$> javac -version
  javac 17.0.15

# as root

$> yum -y install tomcat-webapps
$> systemctl disable tomcat.service
$> # Set JAVA_HOME for Tomcat service. Edit /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf
$> # and replace JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/jre" with JAVA_HOME="/usr/local/sdkman/candidates/java/current"
$> cp /etc/sysconfig/tomcat /etc/sysconfig/geoserver
$> ln -s /usr/share/tomcat/ /opt/tomcat

# as root

$> mkdir -p /var/lib/tomcat/geoserver/{bin,conf,logs,temp,webapps,work}

$> cp -Rf /opt/tomcat/conf/* /var/lib/tomcat/geoserver/conf/

# as root

$> chown tomcat: -R /var/lib/tomcat/geoserver
$> cp /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf /etc/tomcat/geoserver.conf

$> vi /etc/tomcat/geoserver.conf

  # This variable is used to figure out if config is loaded or not.
  TOMCAT_CFG_LOADED="1"

  # In new-style instances, if CATALINA_BASE isn't specified, it will
  # be constructed by joining TOMCATS_BASE and NAME.
  TOMCATS_BASE="/var/lib/tomcats/"

  # Where your java installation lives
  #JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/jre"
  JAVA_HOME="/usr/local/sdkman/candidates/java/current"

  # Where your tomcat installation lives
  CATALINA_HOME="/usr/share/tomcat"
  CATALINA_BASE="/var/lib/tomcat/geoserver"
  CATALINA_PID=$CATALINA_BASE/work/pidfile.pid

  # System-wide tmp
  CATALINA_TMPDIR="/var/cache/tomcat/temp"

  # You can pass some parameters to java here if you wish to
  #JAVA_OPTS="-Xminf0.1 -Xmaxf0.3"
  # Use JAVA_OPTS to set java.library.path for libtcnative.so
  #JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.library.path=/usr/lib"
  JAVA_OPTS="-server -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=36000 -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m
  -XX:PermSize=64m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:NewSize=48m -DGEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=/storage/data/
  -DENABLE_ADVANCED_PROJECTION=false -Dorg.geotools.shapefile.datetime=true -Duser.timezone=GMT
  -Dorg.geotools.filter.function.simplify=true -DGEOMETRY_COLLECT_MAX_COORDINATES=50000"

  # You can change your tomcat locale here
  #LANG="en_US"
  # Run tomcat under the Java Security Manager
  SECURITY_MANAGER="false"

$> cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/tomcat.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/geoserver.service

$> vi /usr/lib/systemd/system/geoserver.service

  EnvironmentFile=/etc/tomcat/geoserver.conf

$> systemctl enable geoserver.service
$> systemctl restart geoserver.service

# Follow the server startup procedure and make sure everything goes smoothly through the following command

$> tail -F /var/lib/tomcat/geoserver/logs/catalina.YYYY-MM-DD.log

# as root

# Git and Maven must be installed on the system
$> yum -y install git
$> yum -y install maven
$> # Remove the JDK 8 installed with tomcat/maven
$> rpm -e --nodeps java-1.8.0-openjdk java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless
$> source ~/.bashrc

# Verify the Maven installation and double check that the JDK recognized is OpenJDK 17+
$> mvn -version
  Apache Maven 3.0.5 (Red Hat 3.0.5-17)
  Maven home: /usr/share/maven
  Java version: 17.0.15, vendor: Eclipse Adoptium
  Java home: /usr/local/sdkman/candidates/java/17.0.15-tem
  Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: ANSI_X3.4-1968
  OS name: "linux", version: "6.10.14-linuxkit", arch: "aarch64", family: "unix"

# The following procedures allow to collect and compile the source code from the GIT repository.
$> cd

$> git clone https://github.com/geosolutions-it/geoserver.git geoserver.src

$> cd geoserver.src/src

$> git checkout wps-remote
$> git pull

$> mvn clean install -Pwps,wps-remote,importer,security,rest-ext -DskipTests

$> mv web/app/target/geoserver.war /var/lib/tomcat/geoserver/webapps/

$> chown -Rf tomcat: /var/lib/tomcat/geoserver

$> mv /var/lib/tomcat/geoserver/webapps/geoserver/data/ /storage/

$> chown -Rf tomcat: /storage

$> vim /storage/data/remoteProcess.properties

      # Default Properties
      remoteProcessStubCycleSleepTime = 100

      # Base path where uploaded files are stored
      # . This is used only when a remote uploader is enabled on the Python
      # . WPS Agent. This property represents the local base path (on the filesystem
      # . of GeoServer) where to search for uploaded files.
      # . If not file has been found here (or this option is not enabled), GeoServer
      # . looks for absolute path and/or paths relative to the GEOSERVER DATA DIR.
      #uploadedFilesBasePath = /tmp

      # Full path to the template used to generate the OWS WMC Json output
      # . This property is used only when a "application/owc" output type on
      # . the Python WPS Agent.
      #owc_wms_json_template = absolute_path/to/wmc_template.json

      # Specific kvps for {@link RemoteProcessClient) implementations
      xmpp_server = localhost
      xmpp_server_embedded = false
      xmpp_server_embedded_secure = true
      xmpp_server_embedded_certificate_file = bogus_mina_tls.cert
      xmpp_server_embedded_certificate_password = boguspw
      xmpp_port = 5222

      xmpp_manager_username = admin
      xmpp_manager_password = R3m0T3wP5

      # domain and MUC service name of the XMPP Server
      xmpp_domain = geoserver.org
      xmpp_bus = conference

      # name, user and password of the management room
      xmpp_management_channel = management
      xmpp_management_channel_user = admin
      xmpp_management_channel_pwd = R3m0T3wP5

      # comma separated list of available rooms for services. Those rooms'names will be equal to the service and WPS Process namespace
      # Avoid spaces
      xmpp_service_channels = default,geosolutions

      # millis
      xmpp_packet_reply_timeout = 500

      # connection keep alive
      xmpp_connection_ping_interval = 30000
      xmpp_connection_ping_timeout = 10000
      xmpp_connection_ping_initial_delay = 20000

      # Thresholds indicating overloaded resources
      xmpp_cpu_perc_threshold = 82.5
      xmpp_mem_perc_threshold = 84.6

# Restart GeoServer

$> service geoserver restart