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Using a existing GeoServer data dir with GeoNode.

Using a existing GeoServer data dir with GeoNode. by Ariel Nunez
- Re: [geonode] Using a existing GeoServer data dir with GeoNode. by David Winslow
  - Re: [geonode] Using a existing GeoServer data dir with GeoNode. by Ariel Nunez

Using a existing GeoServer data dir with GeoNode.

From:: Ariel Nunez
Date:: 2011-06-30 @ 14:40

Hello guys,

Soon I am going to have to convert an already existing GeoServer 2.0.2
installation with GWC into GeoNode. I think some people have already
tried that in this list and I wonder how successful they were able to
be? Is there anything important to watch out for?

Thanks in advance for any comments,

Ariel.

Re: [geonode] Using a existing GeoServer data dir with GeoNode.

From:: David Winslow
Date:: 2011-06-30 @ 14:48

I assume you're planning on using the 'updatelayers' admin command to
register the existing layers with GeoNode (it's what I would do and I
recommend it for anyone else trying this.)  One issue with this is that it
reads in and saves back the configuration for every layer (a necessary step
in setting the metadata and attribution links to point back to the GeoNode
site.)  Due to bugs in gsconfig.py, some parts of the GeoServer
configuration may be destroyed in the process - I have heard of layers using
SQL Views <http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/data/sqlview.html> in
GeoServer having the SQL template deleted for example.  I suggest making a
backup of your datadir before attempting the import (which is a good idea
anyway in case you find yourself needing to downgrade back to 2.0 - loading
a geoserver 2.0 datadir in geoserver 2.1 makes it no longer valid for use
with geoserver 2.0).

--
David Winslow
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Ariel Nunez <ingenieroariel@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello guys,
>
> Soon I am going to have to convert an already existing GeoServer 2.0.2
> installation with GWC into GeoNode. I think some people have already
> tried that in this list and I wonder how successful they were able to
> be? Is there anything important to watch out for?
>
> Thanks in advance for any comments,
>
> Ariel.
>

Re: [geonode] Using a existing GeoServer data dir with GeoNode.

From:: Ariel Nunez
Date:: 2011-06-30 @ 14:54

Perfect, thanks for the tips. I think the only datastores are shps and tiffs
already so I should be good.

I am going to have to do that in a couple of weeks and will report back in
case something unexpected comes up. I am guessing things like the print
config would have to be.done manually.
On Jun 30, 2011 10:48 AM, "David Winslow" <dwinslow@opengeo.org> wrote:
> I assume you're planning on using the 'updatelayers' admin command to
> register the existing layers with GeoNode (it's what I would do and I
> recommend it for anyone else trying this.) One issue with this is that it
> reads in and saves back the configuration for every layer (a necessary
step
> in setting the metadata and attribution links to point back to the GeoNode
> site.) Due to bugs in gsconfig.py, some parts of the GeoServer
> configuration may be destroyed in the process - I have heard of layers
using
> SQL Views <http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/data/sqlview.html> in
> GeoServer having the SQL template deleted for example. I suggest making a
> backup of your datadir before attempting the import (which is a good idea
> anyway in case you find yourself needing to downgrade back to 2.0 -
loading
> a geoserver 2.0 datadir in geoserver 2.1 makes it no longer valid for use
> with geoserver 2.0).
>
> --
> David Winslow
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Ariel Nunez <ingenieroariel@gmail.com
>wrote:
>
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> Soon I am going to have to convert an already existing GeoServer 2.0.2
>> installation with GWC into GeoNode. I think some people have already
>> tried that in this list and I wonder how successful they were able to
>> be? Is there anything important to watch out for?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any comments,
>>
>> Ariel.
>>