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Linux binary

The platform-independent binary is a GeoServer web application bundled with Jetty, a scalable and memory-efficient web server and Servlet container. Jerry has the advantages of working very similarly across all operating systems and is straightfoward to set up.

Note

For installing on Linux with an existing application server such as Tomcat, please see the Web archive section.

Installation

  1. Make sure you have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on your system. GeoServer requires a Java 17 or Java 21 environment.

    {% include-markdown "./jdk-linux-guidance.txt" %}

    Note

    For more information about Java and GeoServer compatibility, please see the section on Java Considerations.

  2. Navigate to the GeoServer Download page <download>.

  3. Select the version of GeoServer that you wish to download.

    • If you're not sure, select Stable <release/stable> release.

      Examples provided for GeoServer {{ release }}.

    • Testing a Nightly release is a great way to try out new features, and test community modules. Nightly releases change on an ongoing basis and are not suitable for a production environment.

      Examples are provided for GeoServer {{ version }}, which is provided as a Nightly <release/main> release.

  4. Select Platform Independent Binary on the download page:

    • bin
    • bin

  5. Download the zip archive and unpack to the directory where you would like the program to be located.

    Note

    A suggested location would be /usr/share/geoserver.

  6. Add an environment variable to save the location of GeoServer by typing the following command:

    bash echo "export GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/share/geoserver" >> ~/.profile . ~/.profile

  7. Optionally, set the environment variable JETTY_OPTS to tweak the jetty configuration upfront:

    bash echo "export JETTY_OPTS='jetty.http.port=1234'" >> ~/.profile . ~/.profile

  8. Make yourself the owner of the geoserver folder. Type the following command in the terminal window, replacing USER_NAME with your own username :

    bash sudo chown -R USER_NAME /usr/share/geoserver/

  9. Start GeoServer by changing into the directory geoserver/bin and executing the startup.sh script:

    bash cd geoserver/bin sh startup.sh

  10. In a web browser, navigate to http://localhost:8080/geoserver.

    If you see the GeoServer Welcome page, then GeoServer is successfully installed.

    GeoServer Welcome Page

  11. To shut down GeoServer, either close the persistent command-line window, or run the shutdown.sh file inside the bin directory.

Uninstallation

  1. Stop GeoServer (if it is running).
  2. Delete the directory where GeoServer is installed.