New installation

Note

If upgrading from a previous major version see the Upgrade section. If upgrading from a previous minor version, please continue below.

Prerequisites

OpenGeo Suite has the following system requirements:

  • Operating System: Windows Vista, 7 or 8, or Windows Server 2003 or higher
  • Memory: 1GB minimum (2GB recommended)
  • Disk space: 600MB minimum (plus extra space for data)
  • Browser: Any modern web browser is supported
  • Permissions: Administrative rights
  • Software: .NET Framework 4 (Download)

Installation

Warning

OpenGeo Suite for Windows requires .NET Framework 4. Installation will fail if not present.

  1. Double-click the OpenGeoSuite.exe file.

  2. At the Welcome screen, click Next.

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    Welcome screen

  3. Read the License Agreement then click I Agree.

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    License Agreement

  4. Select the Destination folder where you would like to install OpenGeo Suite, and click Next.

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    Destination folder for the installation

  5. Select the name and location of the Start Menu folder to be created, and click Next.

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    Start Menu folder to be created

  6. Select the components you wish to install, and click Next.

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    Component selection

    See Components for more details.

  7. Click Install to perform the installation.

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    Ready to install

  8. Please wait while the installation proceeds.

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    Installation

  9. After installation, click Finish.

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    OpenGeo Suite successfully installed

After installation

Installation is now complete. After installation, please see the section on Working with OpenGeo Suite for Windows.

Components

The following is a list of components available in the Components page of the installer.

PostGIS The PostgreSQL/PostGIS spatial database.
GeoServer Server implementing OGC compliant map and feature services.
GeoWebCache Tile caching server.
GeoExplorer Map viewing and editing application.
Recipes Code samples for building map applications.

GeoServer Extensions

Mapmeter Mapmeter monitoring service.
CSS Styling CSS map styling support.
WPS Web Processing Service (WPS) support.
MongoDB MongoDB database support.
GeoPackage GeoPackage data source support.
CSW Catalogue Service for Web (CSW) support.
Clustering Clustering plug-ins.
GDAL Image Formats Additional raster formats support as part of GDAL integration.

Client Tools

PostGIS PostGIS command line data loading utilities.
pgAdmin Graphical PostGIS/PostgreSQL database manager.
GDAL/OGR Spatial data manipulation utilities.

Dev Tools

Boundless SDK Toolkit for building web map applications.
GeoScript Scripting extension for GeoServer.

Uninstallation

To uninstall OpenGeo Suite run the uninstaller from the start menu. See the Uninstallation section for more details.