kartoza/geoserver

Overview ¶

The Kartoza GeoServer Docker image provides a production-ready GeoServer instance with clustering support, GeoFence security, and numerous pre-installed extensions. With over 5.6 million pulls, it’s the go-to container for serving geospatial data via OGC standards.

Features ¶

• Clustering support - Run multiple GeoServer instances with shared configuration
• GeoFence integration - Advanced security and access control
• Multiple extensions - CSS styling, vector tiles, GDAL, and more
• S3 storage - Native support for cloud storage backends
• CORS enabled - Cross-origin requests configured out of the box
• Automatic restart - Watchdog for stable operation

Quick Start ¶

Basic Usage ¶

docker run -d \
  --name geoserver \
  -e GEOSERVER_ADMIN_PASSWORD=myawesomegeoserver \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  kartoza/geoserver:2.24.2

With PostGIS Database ¶

docker run -d \
  --name geoserver \
  -e GEOSERVER_ADMIN_PASSWORD=myawesomegeoserver \
  -e GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=/opt/geoserver/data_dir \
  -v geoserver_data:/opt/geoserver/data_dir \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  --link postgis:postgis \
  kartoza/geoserver:2.24.2

Docker Compose ¶

version: '3.8'
services:
  db:
    image: kartoza/postgis:16-3.4
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=geoserver
      - POSTGRES_PASS=geoserver
      - POSTGRES_DBNAME=gis
    volumes:
      - postgis_data:/var/lib/postgresql

  geoserver:
    image: kartoza/geoserver:2.24.2
    environment:
      - GEOSERVER_ADMIN_USER=admin
      - GEOSERVER_ADMIN_PASSWORD=myawesomegeoserver
      - GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=/opt/geoserver/data_dir
      - STABLE_EXTENSIONS=css-plugin,ysld-plugin,vectortiles-plugin
      - COMMUNITY_EXTENSIONS=ogcapi-plugin
    volumes:
      - geoserver_data:/opt/geoserver/data_dir
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    depends_on:
      - db

volumes:
  postgis_data:
  geoserver_data:

Environment Variables ¶

Available Extensions ¶

Stable Extensions ¶

• css-plugin - CSS styling
• ysld-plugin - YSLD styling
• vectortiles-plugin - Vector tiles (MVT, GeoJSON, TopoJSON)
• gdal-plugin - GDAL raster formats
• libjpeg-turbo-plugin - Faster JPEG encoding
• monitor-plugin - Request monitoring

Community Extensions ¶

• ogcapi-plugin - OGC API Features/Tiles
• s3-geotiff-plugin - Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs from S3

Available Tags ¶

• 2.24.2 - Latest stable (recommended)
• 2.23.4 - Previous stable
• 2.24.2-v2024.1.0 - Version pinned releases

Upstream Project ¶

This image packages GeoServer, the open source server for sharing geospatial data. GeoServer implements OGC standards including WMS, WFS, WCS, and WPS.

We gratefully acknowledge the GeoServer project and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) for their excellent work on this foundational open source project.