GeoServer Cloud 3.0.0

GeoServer Cloud 3.0.0 is the first release built on GeoServer 3.0.0. Beyond tracking the new upstream major, this release modernizes the entire foundation of the platform: a move to the Spring Boot 4 / Spring Framework 7 generation, a servlet-based API gateway, Consul service discovery, and a new build-time configuration transpiler that replaces GeoServer's runtime XML wiring with generated Java configuration. The result is a faster, leaner, and more maintainable cloud-native GeoServer.

This is a major release with breaking changes. Please read the Migration Guide (2.28.x to 3.0.0) before upgrading.

Highlights

• Built on GeoServer 3.0.0, inheriting its features and security hardening.
• Spring Boot 4 / Spring Framework 7 / Spring Cloud 2025.1 across all services.
• Servlet-based API gateway: the gateway moves from WebFlux to Spring Cloud Gateway Server MVC, simplifying request handling and aligning the whole stack on a single (WebMVC) programming model (#782, #819).
• HashiCorp Consul replaces Netflix Eureka for service discovery (#798).
• XML-to-Java configuration transpiler: a new annotation processor converts GeoServer's Spring XML into generated Java @Configuration, with build-time @Bean generation replacing runtime component scanning, for faster, more predictable startup (#805, #817, #832).
• Faster startup: JVM AOT cache training baked into the images (#818), parallel JNDI DataSource setup (#812), and a startup actuator endpoint for monitoring (#768).
• Native multi-platform Docker builds on per-architecture runners, replacing QEMU emulation (#820).
• Refreshed UI: the initial GeoServer 3 theme (#793) and a full-screen OpenLayers 10 layer preview (#800).
• GeoServer ACL 3.0.0 integration (#869, #829, #821).

API Gateway and Web Stack

• Replace the WebFlux gateway with Spring Cloud Gateway Server MVC (#782).
• Switch the gateway to a reactor-netty HTTP client, with improved error handling and graceful shutdown via actuator (#819).
• Remove the controller hack for OWS service endpoints and clean up handler-mapping migration (#766, #767).
• Fix GWC virtual service URLs (#767).

Configuration Transpiler

• Replace GeoServer XML Spring configurations with Java @Configuration generated by a new transpiler annotation processor (#805).
• Replace runtime component scanning with build-time @Bean generation (#817).
• Fix transpiler handling of package-private types and dotted bean names (#832).
• Refactor catalog/config Jackson DTOs for a clean, consistent distinction from the actual object class names (#765).

Service Discovery and Messaging

• Migrate service discovery from Netflix Eureka to HashiCorp Consul (#798).
• Fix RabbitMQ 4.x rejecting Spring Cloud Bus anonymous queue declarations (#835).
• Fix the spring.cloud.bus.destination property for Spring Cloud 2025.1 (#813).

GeoWebCache

• Backwards-compatible serialization for GeoServerTileLayerInfo after [GEOS-12049] removed GWC in-memory support (#779).
• Enable GWC DiskQuota with the pgconfig backend, with expanded REST API integration tests (#862, #864).
• Fix a "not found" error when deleting a layer with the pgconfig backend (#867).

pgconfig Catalog Backend

• Cascade workspace changes to resources and layer groups (#856).
• Evict cached layer lists on workspace/namespace rename (#857).
• Tighten simplejndi cohesion and decouple pgconfig at runtime (#823).

Performance and Build

• Add JVM AOT cache training to the Docker images for faster startup (#818).
• Replace QEMU-emulated multi-platform builds with native per-platform runners (#820).
• Set up JNDI DataSources in parallel (#812).
• Enable the actuator startup endpoint for performance monitoring (#768).

Compatibility and Data

• Disable DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES when parsing catalog objects, and add backwards-compatibility tests for Jackson 2 JSON property naming (#761, #764).
• Fix an error that prevented saving customized feature type attributes (#759).
• Fix an NPE caused by PMTiles layer groups (#755).

User Interface

• Initial GeoServer 3 theme ([GEOS-12063] / [GSIP-238], #793).
• Full-screen OpenLayers 10.0.8 layer preview ([GEOS-12067], #800).

Documentation

• Reorganize deployment documentation around local Kubernetes onboarding (#833).
• Document the Docker image architecture (#751).
• Add SECURITY.md (#851), supporters documentation (#786), and contributor recognition guidance (#787).

Breaking Changes

See the Migration Guide for details and steps. In short:

• Service discovery: Eureka is replaced by Consul (hashicorp/consul), affecting Docker Compose and Kubernetes deployments.
• Gateway: now servlet-based (Spring Cloud Gateway Server MVC) instead of WebFlux.
• Docker Compose profiles: the config-first profile is no longer included by default in the base service templates and must be set explicitly when using the Config Server.
• Removed: the JDBC catalog/config backend and the leftover geoserver.security.enabled property (#777).
• Message broker: RabbitMQ 4.x is supported and used by the example deployments; the Spring Cloud Bus uses transient queues, so no broker data migration is required.
• Versioning: GeoServer Cloud now follows GeoServer's version (3.0.0) instead of the previous four-part scheme.

Contributors

Thanks to everyone who made this release possible: @groldan, @vuilleumierc, and @jemacchi.

Full Changelog: v2.28.4.0...v3.0.0

GeoServer Cloud 2.28.4.0

GeoServer Cloud v2.28.4.0 Release Notes

Key Improvements and New Features

GeoWebCache (GWC) Integration

• DiskQuota & pgconfig: Integrated DiskQuota directly with the pgconfig catalog backend.

PostgreSQL Configuration (pgconfig)

• Cascading Changes: Workspace modifications now automatically cascade to related resources and layer groups.
• Cache Management: Enhanced cache eviction now triggers for layer lists immediately following a workspace or namespace rename.

Dependency Upgrades and Security

• GeoServer Core: Upgraded core dependency to GeoServer 2.28.4.0.
• Tileverse: Upgraded to Tileverse version 1.4.0.
• Database Stability: Pinned hsqldb to version 2.7.2 to prevent unexpected runtime version drift.
• Documentation: Backported SECURITY.md guidelines to the 2.28.x release branch.

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Contributors

A special thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:

• @aaime (First-time contributor)
• @vuilleumierc
• @groldan

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Raw Pull Requests and Changelog

What's Changed

• Commits for 2.28.3.0 release, and release instructions by @aaime in #838
• Upgrade to latest geoserver 2.28.x by @groldan in #847
• Upgrade tileverse 1.4.0 by @groldan in #848
• pgconfig: cascade workspace changes to resources and layer groups by @groldan in #854
• pgconfig: evict cached layer lists on workspace/namespace rename by @groldan in #855
• Pin hsqldb to 2.7.2 by @vuilleumierc in #858
• [Backport release/2.28.x] docs: add SECURITY.md by @groldan in #861
• gwc: integrate DiskQuota with the pgconfig catalog backend by @groldan in #859
• Upgrade GeoServer to 2.28.4-SNAPSHOT by @groldan in #860

Full Changelog: v2.28.3.0...v2.28.4.0

GeoServer Cloud 2.28.3.0

What's Changed

• [Backport 2.28.x] Fix RabbitMQ 4.x rejecting Spring Cloud Bus anonymous queue declarations by @groldan in #840

Full Changelog: v2.28.2.4...v2.28.3.0

GeoServer Cloud 3.0.0-RC

We are pleased to announce the release of GeoServer Cloud 3.0.0-RC, the first release candidate of the 3.0 line. This release is built on top of GeoServer 3.0-RC and brings the full platform up to the latest foundation: Spring Boot 4.0.5, Spring Cloud 2025.1.1, and the new GeoServer 3 codebase.

Highlights include a migration from the Netflix Eureka service registry to HashiCorp Consul, a move from the WebFlux-based API Gateway to Spring Cloud Gateway Server MVC, JVM AOT cache training in the Docker images for significantly faster startup, native per-platform Docker builds replacing QEMU emulation, and a new transpiler that replaces GeoServer's XML Spring configurations with build-time generated Java @Configuration classes. The release also introduces the new GeoServer 3 theme and a full-screen OpenLayers 10 preview, alongside numerous stability and compatibility improvements.

What's Changed

Features

• [GEOS-12063] [GSIP-238] Initial GeoServer 3 theme by @groldan in #793
• [GEOS-12067] Add full screen OpenLayers 10.0.8 preview by @groldan in #800
• Migrate service discovery from Netflix Eureka to HashiCorp Consul by @groldan in #798
• Replace WebFlux gateway with Spring Cloud Gateway Server MVC by @groldan in #782
• Replace GeoServer XML Spring configurations by Java Configuration classes using a new transpiler annotation processor by @groldan in #805
• Add JVM AOT cache training to Docker images for faster startup by @groldan in #818
• Replace QEMU-emulated multi-platform Docker builds with native per-platform runners by @groldan in #820
• actuator: enable startup endpoint for performance monitoring by @groldan in #768

Improvements

• Document Docker image architecture in GeoServer Cloud by @groldan in #751
• Enable AWS S3 acceptance tests in CI by @vuilleumierc in #746
• Use common acceptance tests by @vuilleumierc in #747
• Disable DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES when parsing catalog objects by @groldan in #761
• Add backwards-compatibility tests for Jackson 2 JSON property naming by @groldan in #764
• Refactor catalog and config Jackson DTOs for clean and consistent distinction from actual object class names by @groldan in #765
• Remove Controller hack for OWS service endpoints by @groldan in #766
• Enable javadoc formatting in palantir java format by @groldan in #775
• Move lib/spring-boot-simplejndi and lib/spring-factory to config/ by @groldan in #776
• Backwards-compatible serialization for GeoServerTileLayerInfo after [GEOS-12049] Remove GWC in-memory support by @groldan in #779
• Ensure config/autoconfig Spring Boot processors in all modules with config properties and autoconfigurations by @groldan in #810
• Set up JNDI DataSources in parallel by @groldan in #812
• Replace runtime component scanning with build-time @Bean generation in transpiler by @groldan in #817
• Switch gateway to reactor-netty HTTP client, improve error handling and shutdown via actuator by @groldan in #819
• Tighten simplejndi cohesion and decouple pgconfig at runtime by @groldan in #823

Bug Fixes

• Fix SonarCloud PR analysis for fork PRs by @groldan in #750
• Fix NPE caused by PMTiles layer groups by @vuilleumierc in #755
• Fix an error that prevented saving customized feature type attributes by @groldan in #759
• Fix GWC virtual service URLs and clean up handler mapping migration by @groldan in #767
• Fix acceptance tests and REST API compatibility by @groldan in #772
• Remove geoserver.security.enabled config property, remnant from catalog-service backend by @groldan in #777
• ci: add missing removal of snapshot jars from maven cache by @groldan in #788
• build: allow running scripts from the root directory checkout by @groldan in #795
• Fix pgconfig dev docker-compose sample image tags by @groldan in #796
• fix: migrate diagram generation from deprecated structurizr/cli to structurizr/structurizr by @groldan in #797
• Fix spring.cloud.bus.destination property as of Spring Cloud 2025.1.1 by @groldan in #813
• Remove empty gwc-cloud-services module by @groldan in #815
• Fix GeoServer ACL caching client configuration by @groldan in #821
• Remove unused dependencies on gs-cloud-spring-factory by @groldan in #822

Tasks

• Upgrade Spring Boot to 4.0.5 / Spring Cloud 2025.1.1 by @groldan in #814
• Rename root pom artifact gs-cloud-bom → gs-cloud-parent by @groldan in #773
• Document how to recognize contributors by @groldan in #787
• Supporters documentation, sources, information, etc. by @jemacchi in #786
• Upgrade Flyway 12.0.2 → 12.1.0 by @groldan in #783
• chore(deps): match Spring version used upstream by @groldan in #803
• chore(ci): move ci/requirements.txt → acceptance_tests/ci_requirements.txt by @groldan in #806
• Upgrade logstash-logback-encoder 7.3 → 9.0 by @groldan in #809
• Upgrade to latest GeoServer 3.0.x by @groldan in #828
• Upgrade GeoServer ACL to 3.0-RC3 and fix AclSpringCloudBus classpath issue by @groldan in #829
• Rename Testcontainers-based tests to *IT for Failsafe by @groldan in #830
• QA fixes by @groldan in #831

Full Changelog: v2.28.2.0...v3.0.0-RC

GeoServer Cloud 2.28.2.4

Bug Fixes

• Fix gwc virtual service urls by @mohamed-aboshosha-up42 in #778
• Fix NFS stale file handle IOException for PMTiles on NFS by @groldan in #799

Misc

• [Backport release/2.28.x] actuator: enable startup endpoint for performance monitoring by @groldan in #769
• ci: add missing removal of snapshot jars from maven cache by @groldan in #789
• Backwards compat serialization for GeoServerTileLayerInfo after [GEOS-12049]: Remove GWC-in memory support by @groldan in #780

New Contributors

• @mohamed-aboshosha-up42 made their first contribution in #778

Full Changelog: v2.28.2.3...v2.28.2.4

GeoServer Cloud 2.28.2.3

What's Changed

• Set disable DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES parsing catalog objects by @groldan in #760
• [Backport release/2.28.x] Fix an error that prevented saving customized feature type attributes by @groldan in #762
• Add backwards-compatibility tests for Jackson 2 JSON property naming by @groldan in #763

Full Changelog: v2.28.2.2...v2.28.2.3

GeoServer Cloud 2.28.2.2

What's Changed

• Upgrade tileverse to 1.2-SNAPSHOT by @groldan in #748
• Enable AWS S3 acceptance tests in CI by @vuilleumierc in #746
• Fix SonarCloud PR analysis for fork PRs by @groldan in #750
• [GEOS-12049]: Remove GWC-in memory support by @groldan in #756
• [Backport release/2.28.x] Fix NPE caused by PMTiles layer groups by @groldan in #757
• Upgrade geoserver version to 2.28.2.2 by @groldan in #758

Full Changelog: v2.28.2.0...v2.28.2.2

GeoServer Cloud 2.28.2.1

What's Changed

• Upgrade tileverse to 1.2-SNAPSHOT by @groldan in #748
• Enable AWS S3 acceptance tests in CI by @vuilleumierc in #746
• Fix SonarCloud PR analysis for fork PRs by @groldan in #750

Full Changelog: v2.28.2.0...v2.28.2.1

GeoServer Cloud 2.28.2.0

What's Changed

• Remove unnecessary duckdb_jdbc dependency override by @jemacchi in #723
• Add Control Flow extension by @groldan in #724
• Add AWS credential chain authentication support for GeoParquet S3 by @groldan in #725
• Initial port of documentation to mkdocs by @groldan in #726
• docs: remove Jekyll/kramdown ToC syntax by @groldan in #727
• Remove links from home page in favor of the navigation bar by @groldan in #728
• docs: Add All Contributors page to recognize all contribution types by @groldan in #729
• Fix NPE in CatalogPropertyResolver by @groldan in #730
• Use aws-crt-client alternative async client for gs-cog-s3 by @groldan in #731
• Skip imagemosaic acceptance tests for pgconfig by @groldan in #733
• Upgrade to Java 25 for building and base Docker image by @groldan in #732
• Update compose/standalone.yml to not even launch config and discovery by @groldan in #735
• Add acceptance tests for cloud native formats on private S3 buckets by @groldan in #736
• Add acceptance tests for OGC API Features by @groldan in #737
• Update to latest 2.28.x with PMTiles and GeoParquet fixes by @groldan in #738
• PMTiles: Spring cache integration with Actuator metrics support by @groldan in #739
• Fix a bug preventing GlobalSettingsPage to be displayed by @groldan in #741
• Pre-install Noto fonts and make i18n acceptance tests predictable by @groldan in #740
• Stop log flooding for "Cannot find 6 /accessDenied.html" by @groldan in #742
• Fix loading of DXF and Flatgeobuf output format extensions by @groldan in #743
• Migrate from the unmaintained test library javafaker to the currently maintained datafaker by @groldan in #744
• Spring Boot 3 compatible control-flow extension property initialization by @groldan in #745

Full Changelog: v2.28.1.0...v2.28.2.0

GeoServer Cloud 2.28.1.3

What's Changed

• PMTiles: Spring cache integration with Actuator metrics support by @groldan in #739
• Fix a bug preventing GlobalSettingsPage to be displayed by @groldan in #741
• Pre-install Noto fonts and make i18n acceptance tests predictable by @groldan in #740
• Stop log flooding for "Cannot find 6 /accessDenied.html" by @groldan in #742
• Fix loading of DXF and Flatgeobuf output format extensions by @groldan in #743

Full Changelog: v2.28.1.2...v2.28.1.3