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Best OS for a Map Server? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by necrxfagivs@lemmy.world to c/gis@lemmy.world

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I want to set GeoServer in a machine that will also be hosting a webpage (a web map) and a database (PostgreSQL with PostGIS). Map layers will be stored in the DB, published in Geoserver and served to the Web.

I'm between Fedora Server and Ubuntu Server, I use Fedora Workstation as my daily drive, so I feel more leaned to Fedora Server. However I'm still new in the field and this will be my first time setting up a Server, so maybe Ubuntu has more documentation and thus more easy.

Any suggestion?

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[–] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm deploying this for my company, I started as an intern and got hired recently. I'm hired to do GIS job and I'm the only one with programming experience and interest. My boss used Linux maybe +10 years ago and he knows I use it and I'm learning to code, so he wants me to set up a webpage with a map that displays different projects.

I'm planning to do Postgis (postgresql) + Geoserver + Openlayers. I plan to learn as I do it but I also don't want to mess a lot as is not a personal project.

I'm comfortable with both, Fedora and Ubuntu (I used Xubuntu, Linux Mint, Ubuntu and OsgeoLive in the past but not as daily drivers), but I still feel that I have a lot to learn about Linux, code and GIS.

Thank you for answering!