Advanced configuration - Database connection pooling

When discussing the data storage in Chapter 4, Adding Your Data, we explored several options. One of the best choices was using an RDBMS, in fact, PostgreSQL, with the PostGIS spatial extension.

Configuring spatial data from an RDBMS in your GeoServer requires you to create a connection setting for several parameters from the admin web interface. In fact, we did it when we loaded some data in PostGIS. Whatever database you are using, it may be useful to configure the connection using the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) standard.

For more information about JNDI, refer to the following websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Naming_and_Directory_Interface

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.5-doc/jndi-resources-howto.html

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/jndi/tutorial/

JNDI allows GeoServer and any Java application...