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Build a GeoServer with AWS App Runner and Amazon ECR

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I built a GeoServer with AWS App Runner and Amazon ECR. 🎉

The following is a detailed explanation.

  • Repository creation
  • Image registration
  • Deployment

Repository creation

First, here is how to create a repository in Amazon ECR.

Click AWS Management Console → Elastic Container Registry.
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Click on "Create Repository."
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Configure general settings and details → Click on "Create Repository."
In this case, we set it as Public.
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You can see the repository has been created.
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This completes the repository creations!

Image Registration

The next step is to register the image with Amazon ECR.

Select repository → Click "Show push command."
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Copy the command as it appears.
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Execute the command with AWS CLI to push the image to the repository.
In this case, we used the GeoServer Docker image "kartoza/geoserver."



aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/xxxxx


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docker tag kartoza/geoserver:latest public.ecr.aws/xxxxx/sample:latest


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docker push public.ecr.aws/xxxxx/sample:latest


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After the push is complete, click on the target repository.
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You will see that the image has been registered.
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That completes the registration of the image!

Deployment

Finally, how to deploy with AWS App Runner.

Click AWS Management Console → AWS App Runner.
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Click on "Create App Runner Service."
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Configure source and deploy settings → Click "Next."
This time, specify the image configured in ECR Public.
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Configure service settings → Click "Next.
The default values for optional memory and CPU are low, so increase them to the range where GeoServer can run. Other default values are used.
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Click "Create and Deploy.
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Wait for a while, and then the environment construction will be completed.
The URL is displayed in detail, so add "/geoserver" and access it with a browser.
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You can see GeoServer is up and running!
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References
Amazon ECR
AWS App Runner
GeoServer

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dotsource • Edited

Can we scale it vertically? Also how do you configure EFS for data directory and geowebcache dir?