Time for action – deploying GeoServer on Tomcat

With Java installed and working, let's install the GeoServer. The latest version is 2.2.

1. Download the OS-independent version from GeoServer's download page. You can point your browser to the URL or use a command-line tool like wget:

   ~$ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/geoserver/geoserver-2.2-war.zip
   

2. Unzip the archive file:

   ~$ unzip geoserver-2.2-war.zip
   The war file for GeoServer is quite big, actually a little more than 52 MByte. In Tomcat 7 Manager there is a default limit for deployable application that is at 50 MByte. You will set it to a safe size for GeoServer. Open the $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/manager/WEB-INF/web.xml file and look for this section
       <multipart-config>
         <!-- 50MB max -->
         <max-file-size>52428800</max-file-size>
         <max-request-size>52428800</max-request-size>
         <file-size-threshold>0</file-size-threshold>
       </multipart-config>
   

3. Set the max-file...