11-05, 13:30–17:00 (Australia/Hobart), Social Sciences 109, University of Tasmania
This lab will introduce running GeoServer on AWS infrastructure using containerised deployment without needing to manage server infrastructure. GeoServer is an OGC compliant implementation of a number of open standards including Web Feature Service (WFS), Web Map Service (WMS), and Web Coverage Service (WCS).
N.B. A tea break is included at 3pm for 30 minutes.
The workshop will walk you through the steps required to launch the Geoserver standard docker distribution and host this on AWS Fargate. AWS Fargate is a serverless, pay-as-you-go compute engine that lets you focus on building applications without managing servers.
GeoServer can leverage a variety of data sources including PostgreSQL/PostGIS. PostGIS is a spatial database extender for the PostgreSQL object-relational database. With AWS support for PostgreSQL/PostGIS available in Aurora Serverless, we will explore connecting GeoServer to a PostgreSQL source to illustrate a multi-tier architecture. We will also explore scaling out the GeoServer web tier leveraging shared file system using Amazon Elastic File Service (EFS).
The intended audience will be Geoserver admins/users that are interested in running Geoserver on AWS in a highly available fashion with minimal server management needs.
NOTE: You will need a Internet connected laptop with browser to access the AWS console environment. You can view the Workshop instructions here: https://catalog.us-east-1.prod.workshops.aws/workshops/6c88d70d-b69d-435f-9990-3a651cdf5311
John is a Principal Solutions Architect with the National Security team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). John assists Public Sector customers and partners architect Cloud solutions using the AWS platform. John was previously the Head of Security Assurance for Australia and New Zealand at AWS in Canberra Australia. He is passionate about enabling cloud adoption for customers. John has been working with Government customers at AWS for over 9 years, as the first employee for the ANZ Public Sector team.
John has over 40 years’ experience in Information Technology and Research areas across a broad range of areas. John has extensive Public Sector, Defence and Intelligence experience including postings into Australian and US Intelligence agencies in integrated Military and Civilian teams.
John worked in the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) as a Senior Research Scientist leading teams undertaking Image Analysis and Distributed Systems research.
Before joining AWS he had senior roles at Microsoft and IBM providing Architectural advice to Federal Government customers.