Deploying GeoServer on Tomcat

With Java installed and working, let's install GeoServer. When writing this book, the latest version is 2.11.0. Perform the following steps:

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://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/
 2.11.0/geoserver-2.11.0-war.zip

1. Check if Tomcat is not running; if it is, then stop it. Now, unzip the archive you just downloaded in the webapps folder:

        ~ $ sudo unzip -d /opt/apache-tomcat-8.5.13/webapps geoserver
          -2.11.0-war.zip geoserver.war
        Archive:  geoserver.war.zip
         inflating: ./opt/apache    -tomcat-8.5.13/webapps/geoserver.war

1. Now, you can start Tomcat. You have to wait until GeoServer is properly deployed. This may take a few minutes, then open your browser and point it to the Web Admin Console at http://localhost:8080/geoserver/web. You should see it like in this screenshot:

We deployed the GeoServer web archive on Tomcat and it unpacked the archive content. If there were no errors in the package, thanks to the great job of GeoServer developers (chances are that you will not find them), then Tomcat automatically starts GeoServer.