GeoServer Enterprise 2021.1 Release Notes
GeoCat is pleased to present our latest distribution of GeoServer Enterprise.
Overview
GeoServer Enterprise 2021.1 provides support for publishing geospatial data using open standards.
This distribution is made available to GeoCat customers:
- GeoServer Enterprise Standard distribution provides a web archive (or docker image) of GeoServer bundled with popular extensions backed by GeoCat long-term support
- GeoServer Enterprise Premium offers a custom distribution with your selection of extensions backed by GeoCat extended support.
- GeoCat Live provides a hosted GeoServer environment
GeoServer Enterprise 2021.1 is a recommended upgrade for all our customers and is compatible with GeoCat Bridge for both ArcGIS Desktop and QGIS Desktop.
General
GeoServer Enterprise 2020.1 release notes:
- Now offering our GeoServer Enterprise Premium customers “predefined war” service with a ready to use war including your selection of supported GeoServer extensions.
- Visual refresh with a clean appearance.
- Built-in web-resource extension
- GeoServer Enterprise 2021.1 is proudly open source with the latest GeoServer 2.19, GeoWebCache 1.19, and GeoTools 25 technologies.
Detailed change log:
- GeoServer issue tracker changelog from 2.18.2 to 2.19.1
- GeoServer posts for 2.19.1 2.19.0 2.19-RC, 2.18.2
Security considerations:
- GeoCat recommends upgrading to take advantage of the latest security fixes.
- GeoCat respects the GeoServer responsible disclosure policy, contact us directly to discuss for a list of known security vulnerabilities.
Known issues:
- GeoServer known issues for 2.19
GeoServer Enterprise Standard
New features:
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Revise generated filenames used when downloading features using your web browser. Previously
gml,csv,shp, andjsoncontent would often be savedfeatures.xml,features.csv,featuers.shpandfeatures.jsonrespectively.Now the filename defaults to the layer name, and can be overriden using
format_option=filename:<file>. As an examplejsoncontent can be savedexport.jsonusingformat_option=filename:export.Reference: WFS output formats
Improvements:
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PostgrSQL 42.2.19 drivers
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GetMap service exceptions now include layer name
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Log style name when failing to load a style from the data directory
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Allow line wrapping in long layer names etc in GetLegendGraphics
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Apple M1 hardware support
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Allow base proxy configuration to accept parametrization.
This requires
-DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=truestartup to enable.
Notes:
- A large amount of quality assurance work was performed improving GeoServer reliability.
GeoServer Enterprise Premium
New features:
- MapML Extension
Improvements:
- Oracle 19.10.0.0 database driver
Removed:
- ArcSDE support is no longer available
Early access:
- cloud optimized geotiff (cog)
- geopackage output format for wfs and wps
- ogc-api features
GeoServer Enterprise GeoCat Live
New features:
- ysld styling format
GeoServer Enterprise GeoCat Live
Early access:
- cloud optimized geotiff (cog)
- geopackage output format for wfs and wps
- ogc-api features
