DIPLOMA IN GEOSERVER

Module 1 - Getting Started with GeoServer

Module 2 - Installing and running GeoServer

• GeoServer Release Schedule
• Installing GeoServer
• GeoServer Extensions
• Installing GeoServer Extensions
• Installing the native JAI and ImageIO
• Installing ImageIo-Ext
• Installing LibJPEG-Turbo
• Web Administrator Interface

Module 3 - Introduction to OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium)

Module 4 - Adding Data to GeoServer

• GeoServer Data Directory
• Adding base types

Module 5 - Pretty maps with GeoServer

• ntroduction to the WMS protocol
• Styling with SLD and CSS
• Creating a Base Map
• Filtering Maps
• Producing and Using palettes
• Decorating a Map
• Accessing Map information
• Cross layer filtering

Module 6 - Advanced Raster Data Management

• Introduction To Processing With GDAL Utilities
• Advanced Mosaics and Pyramids Configuration
• Using ImageMosaic with Footprint
• Advanced Processing With GDAL Utilities

Module 7 - Web Processing Service and Rendering Transformations

• Introduction to the WPS Protocol and Operations
• GeoServer WPS Implementation and Demo Builder
• Vector Processes
• Raster and Conversion Processes
• Process Chaining
• Rendering Transformations

Module 8 - Google Earth and Maps support

• Viewing a GeoServer Layer in Google Earth
• Using the KML Reflector
• Customizing KML Placemark with Templates
• Generating a KML Time Series
• Generating a KML Elevation
• GeoServer automatic refresh vs download mode
• KML Regionation

Module 9 - Caching maps with GeoWebCache

• Caching with GeoWebCache
• Using GeoWebCache with OpenLayers, Google Maps and Virtual Earth
• GeoWebcache Optimal Deployment Guidelines
• Clustering GeoWebCache - Internal VS Standalone
• Configuring Clustering in GeoWebCache
• Disk Quota Configuration

Module 10 - Delivering Vector Data

• The WFS protocol basics
• Filtering and extracting
• Other useful formats: GeoJSON, KML, CSV, zipped shapefile
• Modifying Feature Types

Module 11 - Delivering Raster Data

• The WCS protocol basics
• Extracting and subsetting

Module 12 – Working with OpenLayers

• Creating a simple OpenLayers Map
• Analyzing Your Map
• Overlaying Vector Data

Module 13 – GeoServer Security

• Users and Roles
• User/group services
• XML User/group services
• JDBC User/group services
• Roles services
• Authentication
• Authentication Filters
• Authentication Providers
• Basic Authentication Provider
• JDBC Authentication Provider
• LDAP Authentication Provider
• LDAP Role Service Provider
• Service Level Security
• Layer Level Security
• Security overview
• Passwords
• Avoid the Warnings
• Encryption for default user/group
• The Master Password
• The admin Password
• Installing the StrongPBE
• Key authentication module
• Limitations
• Key providers
• Key provider using user properties
• Key provider using a property file
• Key provider using an external web service
• Configuration
• Provider pluggability

Module 14 – GeoServer REST interface

• Introduction to REST concepts
• Using REST module
• GeoServer-Manager REST examples
• JavaScript REST examples
• Python REST examples with gsconfig

Module 15 – INSPIRE Support

• The INSPIRE directive and GeoServer
• Status of INSPIRE support in GeoServer
• The INSPIRE GeoServer Extension

Module 16 – Complex Features with GeoServer and HALE

Module 17 – SpatioTemporal Data Handling With GeoServer

• Introducing Multidimensional data
• Preparing GeoServer for serving Multidimensional data
• Vector Data dimensions
• Using the ImageMosaic plugin for serving Multidimensional data
• Serving NetCDF-family Files
• Multidimensional ImageMosaics in GeoServer
• Serving multidimensional data with GeoServer
• Manage ImageMosaic content through REST API
• Current limitations and assumptions

Module 18 – Advanced GeoServer Configuration

• Configuring GeoServer for robustness
• Advanced Production GeoServer configuration
• Advanced Coordinate Reference System Handling
• Advanced Database Connection Pooling Configuration
• Installing and Configuring the Monitoring Extension
• Configuring the Control flow Extension

Module 19 – clustering GeoServer

Module 20 – Enterprise Set-up Recommendations

• Benchmarking primer
• Stress testing with JMeter
• Raster Data Optimization
• Vector Data Optimization
• Style Optimizations
• Tile Caching with GeoWebCache
• Tuning Resource Limits
• Tuning Control Flow Settings
• JVM and deploy configuration