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GeoServer 2.20.0 Released

Oct 18, 2021 • Andrea Aime

We are happy to announce GeoServer 2.20.0 is available for download (bin, war, windows) along with docs and extensions.

This the first stable release of the 2.20.x series and recommended for production systems. This release is made in made in conjunction with GeoTools 26.0 and GeoWebCache 1.20.0.

Internationalization

The leading feature for this release is the internationalization of Title, Abstract and Contact details for:

  • WMS 1.1 and 1.3
  • WFS 2.0
  • WCS 2.0

See documentation for internationalization support and GSIP-203 proposal for details.

New feature:

  • GEOS-10123 Internationalization for title and abstract
  • GEOS-10207 Allow creation of internationalized raster legends
  • GEOS-10190 i18n support for Contact Information
  • GEOS-10185 LayerGroup legend internationalization styles returns multiple values
  • GEOS-10177 Allow Default Translation
  • GEOS-10129 Add language function for multilingual support in sld

Improvements and fixes:

  • GEOS-10205 Layer with i18n title might appear twice in the capabilities, while being contained in a named tree
  • GEOS-10204 Default locale is not being used while producing internationalized outputs in Capabilities document
  • GEOS-10160 Requested Language in GetCapabilities

Configuring multiple languages for title and abstract

Modules Status Information for Extensions

Thanks to Ian for completing a [long outstanding request][https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-10067] to provide listing everything you have installed:

  • The Server Status page now provides a complete list of the loaded modules and extensions
  • This extension list can also be checked via REST API (allowing scripts to check if the functionality they require has been installed)

New Feature:

Improvements and fixes:

  • GEOS-9967 Add Module Status implementation for CSW Extension

Module listing in the status page

Updates and quality assurance

GeoServer continues to be build with the latest open source technologies:

  • GeoTools 26-RC
  • GeoWebCache 1.20-RC
  • JAI-EXT 1.1.20
  • ImageIO-EXT 1.3.10
  • JTS 1.18.2
  • GeoFence 3.5.0
  • Flatgeobuf to 3.10.1

The team continues to work with automated code checks, gradually improving the codebase and introducing checks to ensure issues are not re-introduced over time:

  • Check system.out.println and printStackTrace statements are not accidentally committed, which can add to logs
  • Cognitive complexity checks, start cleaning up methods that are too complex
  • Use StandardCharsets when possible, rather than String
  • Avoid unnecessary object wrapper creation
  • Use short arrays initializers
  • Work towards consistent style with checks to avoid C style array declarations, add missing @Override annotations, and check java generics are used

This dedication helps provide confidence in the technology we publish.

WMS

Fixes and improvements:

  • GEOS-4939 Coordinate system ISSUE - S-JTSK Krovak East North (EPSG: 5514) - cannot be set up
  • GEOS-10032 Group Layer in Catalog Mode Hide not in capabilities when unauthenticated
  • GEOS-10013 Mark invalid error while validating or saving a Style
  • GEOS-9907 Enable usage of labelPoint function in GetFeatureInfo requests
  • GEOS-9759 Set Response Cache Headers in LayerGroups

The following functionality has been removed:

  • GEOS-10001 Remove animator and animated GIF support from WMS

    Use of WPS Animation process is provided as an alternative

WFS

Fixes and improvements:

WPS

Fixes and improvements:

  • GEOS-9990 Add GUI and REST API to configure the wps-download module
  • GEOS-10073 WPS animation download process should report about eventual time mis-matches

WMTS

Improvements and fixes:

  • GEOS-10008 Have GeoServerTileLayer implementing TileJSONProvider
  • GEOS-9971 GeoWebCache S3 plugin require AWS creds

INSPIRE Extension

New feature:

  • GEOS-10124 Add Language support to INSPIRE extension

Improvements and fixes:

  • GEOS-10211 Unable to pass INSPIRE validation: Version is mandatory (WMS)
  • GEOS-10192 Inspire extension consistent outputResponse element
  • GEOS-10141 Inspire extension better error message on language not found
  • GEOS-10163 Incorrect INSPIRE namespace URI

And more!

Fixes and Improvements:

  • GEOS-10092 Fix the page description of remote WMS/WMTS connection
  • GEOS-10189 I18n improvement using the UTF-8 charset for Chinese translations
  • GEOS-10033 Geoserver startup and shutdown shell scripts don’t handle path with spaces
  • GEOS-9381 Conversion from boolean true/false in geoserver to SQL Server bit 0/1, is broken
  • GEOS-9970 MapML GetFeature bug fix for CRS authority
  • GEOS-10201 Geoserver fails to start on Windows 11 beta
  • GEOS-10264 Address startup warning File option not set for appender [geoserverlogfile]
  • GEOS-9950 MapPreviewPage logs unable to find property: format.wfs.text/csv continuously
  • GEOS-10265 WFS-T Bulk Transaction optimization

About GeoServer 2.20

Additional information on GeoServer 2.20 series:

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GeoServer 2.20-RC Released

Sep 14, 2021 • Jody Garnett

We are happy to announce GeoServer 2.20-RC release candidate is available for testing. Downloads are available (zip and war) along with docs and extensions.

This is a GeoServer release candidate made in conjunction with GeoTools 26-RC and GeoWebCache 1.20-RC.

  • Release candidates are a community building exercise and are not intended for production use.
  • We ask the community (everyone: individuals, organizations, service providers) to download and thoroughly test this release candidate and report back.
  • Testing priority is the new internationalization support
  • Participating in testing release candidates is a key expectation of our open source social contract. We make an effort to thank each person who tests in our release announcement and project presentations!
  • GeoServer commercial service providers are fully expected to test on behalf of their customers.

Release Candidate Testing Priorities

This is an exciting release and a lot of great new functionality has been added. We would like to ask for your assistance testing the following:

  • The number one testing priority is to try out GeoServer with your data! Mass market open source thrives on having many people to review. Scientific open source like GeoServer thrives on exposure to many datasets.
  • The rest of this blog post highlights new features for GeoServer 2.20, please try out these features, read the documentation links, and ask questions.

Known Issues:

  • No issues reported at this time, you could be the first!

Internationalization

The leading feature for this release is the internationalization of Title, Abstract and Contact details for:

  • WMS 1.1 and 1.3
  • WFS 2.0
  • WCS 2.0

See documentation for internationalization support and GSIP-203 proposal for details.

New feature:

  • GEOS-10123 Internationalization for title and abstract
  • GEOS-10207 Allow creation of internationalized raster legends
  • GEOS-10190 i18n support for Contact Information
  • GEOS-10185 LayerGroup legend internationalization styles returns multiple values
  • GEOS-10177 Allow Default Translation
  • GEOS-10129 Add language function for multilingual support in sld

Improvements and fixes:

  • GEOS-10205 Layer with i18n title might appear twice in the capabilities, while being contained in a named tree
  • GEOS-10204 Default locale is not being used while producing internationalized outputs in Capabilities document
  • GEOS-10160 Requested Language in GetCapabilities

Modules Status Information for Extensions

Thanks to Ian for completing a [long outstanding request][https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-10067] to provide listing everything you have installed:

  • The Server Status page now provides a complete list of the loaded modules and extensions
  • This extension list can also be checked via REST API (allowing scripts to check if the functionality they require has been installed)

New Feature:

Improvements and fixes:

  • GEOS-9967 Add Module Status implementation for CSW Extension

Updates and quality assurance

GeoServer continues to be build with the latest open source technologies:

  • GeoTools 26-RC
  • GeoWebCache 1.20-RC
  • JAI-EXT 1.1.20
  • ImageIO-EXT 1.3.10
  • JTS 1.18.2
  • GeoFence 3.5.0
  • Flatgeobuf to 3.10.1

The team continues to work with automated code checks, gradually improving the codebase and introducing checks to ensure issues are not re-introduced over time:

  • Check system.out.println and printStackTrace statements are not accidentally committed, which can add to logs
  • Cognitive complexity checks, start cleaning up methods that are too complex
  • Use StandardCharsets when possible, rather than String
  • Avoid unnecessary object wrapper creation
  • Use short arrays initializers
  • Work towards consistent style with checks to avoid C style array declarations, add missing @Override annotations, and check java generics are used

This dedication helps provide confidence in the technology we publish.

WMS

Fixes and improvements:

  • GEOS-4939 Coordinate system ISSUE - S-JTSK Krovak East North (EPSG: 5514) - cannot be set up
  • GEOS-10032 Group Layer in Catalog Mode Hide not in capabilities when unauthenticated
  • GEOS-10013 Mark invalid error while validating or saving a Style
  • GEOS-9907 Enable usage of labelPoint function in GetFeatureInfo requests
  • GEOS-9759 Set Response Cache Headers in LayerGroups

The following functionality has been removed:

  • GEOS-10001 Remove animator and animated GIF support from WMS

    Use of WPS Animation process is provided as an alternative

WFS

Fixes and improvements:

WPS

Fixes and improvements:

  • GEOS-9990 Add GUI and REST API to configure the wps-download module
  • GEOS-10073 WPS animation download process should report about eventual time mis-matches

WMTS

Improvements and fixes:

  • GEOS-10008 Have GeoServerTileLayer implementing TileJSONProvider
  • GEOS-9971 GeoWebCache S3 plugin require AWS creds

INSPIRE Extension

New feature:

  • GEOS-10124 Add Language support to INSPIRE extension

Improvements and fixes:

  • GEOS-10211 Unable to pass INSPIRE validation: Version is mandatory (WMS)
  • GEOS-10192 Inspire extension consistent outputResponse element
  • GEOS-10141 Inspire extension better error message on language not found
  • GEOS-10163 Incorrect INSPIRE namespace URI

And more!

Fixes and Improvements:

  • GEOS-10092 Fix the page description of remote WMS/WMTS connection
  • GEOS-10189 I18n improvement using the UTF-8 charset for Chinese translations
  • GEOS-10033 Geoserver startup and shutdown shell scripts don’t handle path with spaces
  • GEOS-9381 Conversion from boolean true/false in geoserver to SQL Server bit 0/1, is broken
  • GEOS-9970 MapML GetFeature bug fix for CRS authority
  • GEOS-10201 Geoserver fails to start on Windows 11 beta

Find out more in the release notes.

About GeoServer 2.20

Additional information on GeoServer 2.20 series:

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GeoServer 2.18.5 Released

Aug 20, 2021 • Andrea Aime

We are happy to announce GeoServer 2.18.5 release is available for download (zip and war) along with docs and extensions.

This GeoServer 2.18.5 release was produced in conjunction with GeoTools 24.5 and GeoWebCache 1.18.4. This is a maintenance release recommended for production systems. It is also the last release of the 2.18.x series, users are warmly recommendeded to upgrade to 2.19.x, or upgrade to 2.20.0 as it gets released next month, September 2021.

Thanks to everyone who contributed, and to Alessandro Parma (GeoSolutions) and Andrea Aime (GeoSolutions) for making this release.

Improvements and Fixes

This release improves the importer module logging, as well as the documentation on how to enable and use catalog parametrization:

Fixes included in the release

  • GEOS-10173 CoverageViewReader’s format not being secured with Geofence-Geoserver
  • GEOS-10162 GeoServerOAuthAuthenticationFilter creates Anonymous authentication when preAuthenticated principal is not present
  • GEOS-10193 Indirect imports will drop the target table if there is any failure during the import process

For details check the 2.18.5 release notes.

About GeoServer 2.18

Additional information on GeoServer 2.18 series:

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GeoServer 2.19.2 Released

Jul 18, 2021 • Jody Garnett

We are happy to announce GeoServer 2.19.2 release is available for download (zip and war) along with docs and extensions.

This GeoServer 2.19.2 release was produced in conjunction with GeoTools 25.2, this is a stable release recommended for production systems.

Thanks to everyone who contributed, and to Jody Garnett (GeoCat) for making this release.

Security Considerations

2024-06-30 Update: The following mitigation has been provided:

  • CVE-2024-36401 Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in evaluating property name expressions (Critical)

    geoserver-2.19.2-patches.zip (replacing gt-app-schema, gt-complex and gt-xsd-core jars) has been provided by Andrea (GeoSolutions)

See project security policy for more information on how security vulnerabilities are managed.

Improvements and Fixes

New features are included in this release:

  • GEOS-5239 Implement (Krovak) North Orientated projection

Notable improvements:

  • GEOS-10149 Improve Catalog Parametrization documentation

  • GEOS-10098 Upgrade version of wicket and jquery used by GeoServer

  • GEOS-10064 Improving WPS Raster Download - download time

  • GEOS-10009 Improve logging on lock providers

Fixes included in this release:

  • GEOS-10114 Geofence server UI, error when changing the layerType from layer details tab.

  • GEOS-10113 Geofence REST NPE when requesting rule with void Layer details

  • GEOS-10037 WMTS Multidimensional extension make layers encoding fail on TileLayers not being GeoServerTileLayers

  • GEOS-9804 The default style of the layergroup is propagated in the layer as default style

For details check the 2.19.2 release notes.

About GeoServer 2.19

Additional information on GeoServer 2.19 series:

Release notes ( 2.19.2| 2.19.1 | 2.19.0 | 2.19-RC )

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GeoServer 2.18.4 Released

Jun 23, 2021 • Andrea Aime

We are happy to announce GeoServer 2.18.4 release is available for download (zip and war) along with docs and extensions.

This GeoServer 2.18.4 release was produced in conjunction with GeoTools 24.4 and GeoWebCache 1.18.4. This is a maintenance release recommended for production systems.

Thanks to everyone who contributed, and to Alessandro Parma (GeoSolutions) and Andrea Aime (GeoSolutions) for making this release.

Improvements and Fixes

This release includes support for the Krovak North Orientated projection. In addition to this new features, a few notable improvements are included:

Fixes included in this release:

  • GEOS-10057 Escape style editor page user input
  • GEOS-10056 Rename schemaless-mongo plug-in to mongodb-schemaless
  • GEOS-10055 Escape SRS demo page user input
  • GEOS-10051 Fix edge cases in the elevation parser
  • GEOS-10049 Schemaless-features layer with name different from the mongo collection throws exception
  • GEOS-10048 Schemaless-features mongoDB layer not present in WMS capabilities
  • GEOS-10031 GWC loses GridSets bounds when importing data through the Importer plugin.
  • GEOS-9748 Rendering process fails if vendor option sortByGroup is used

For details check the 2.18.4 release notes.

About GeoServer 2.18

Additional information on GeoServer 2.18 series:

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