1- Install GeoServer
LESSON 1: Install GeoServer
Objective:
This will walk you through how to install an instance of GeoServer on your local machine.
This is directed at windows users.
Installing a Java Development Kit
- Run the Java 2 Software Development Kit installer located in the same
directory as this walk through.
j2sdk-1_4_2_11_windows_i586-p.exe - Accept the license agreement and click Next.
- On the Custom Setup screen:
- Disable the Public Java Runtime Environment.

- Specify C:\j2sdk1.4.2_12 as the installation directory.
- Click Next
- Disable the Public Java Runtime Environment.
- Click Finish once installation is complete.
Installing GeoServer
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It will ask you about the Data Directory, just ignore it and hit next.
Is there a tutorial available showing an installation that is not local, but also external so WMS can be served over the web?