Installation guide

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and moving). Throughout the exercise you will make modifications to your VM, i.e., you will
configure settings and services, and in your project you will potentially install new software on it.
As your modifications are saved in the files that are associated with the VM, to make your
modifications persistent, it is important that you always work on the same VM. To further
secure yourself against the loss of your work, you should have a backup of the VM, and this will
also allows you to work off campus on the same VM. Optionally, for the lab and the later final
project, you can install the same software stack on your private computer by following the
installation guide that is provided with lab materials.
10. GeoServer
10.1. GeoServer Admin Interface
GeoServer comes with great admin interface that enables you to build almost any map you
want.
In our case GeoServer is installed on your local machine (localhost), and it is installed directly
under our web server root directory, in a folder called geoserver, so to access GeoServer type
into the browser: http://localhost/geoserver, this redirect you to
http://localhost/geoserver/web, which is the admin interface (Figure 1).
Figure 1. GeoServer Admin Interface
10.2. Create a New Workspace
Before you login, please have a look at service capabilities, in particular WMS, try to study it.
Use
username admin and password geoserver to login in. Click Workspaces, click Add new
workspace to fill in the rest (Figure 2). Click submit to finish adding the new workspace.