Configuring multiple GeoServer instances on a single server

You might have spotted a common thread running through each of the scenarios outlined. In all cases, multiple instances of GeoServer are implemented, and in the case of scaling up, these instances are running on the same node.

Setting up multiple GeoServer instances on a single node is actually quite straightforward and will involve you creating several instances of the Tomcat installation. In the following examples, we will configure an additional instance of GeoServer for CentOS and Windows Server 2008. However, you can apply the same principle to create as many instances as you want, but bear in mind the memory configuration of your server, making sure that you do not add more instances ...

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