When it comes to data sources, GeoServer offers a hierarchical structure that consists of workspaces, stores, and layers. GeoServer's architecture is simple enough to understand quickly, still, there are some tricky parts that need to be discussed:
- Workspace: A group that contains different elements, like stores, layers, styles, or workspace-specific configurations. This is similar to a QGIS project file.
- Store: A connection between spatial data stored on the disk and GeoServer. A single store can contain multiple layers if the storage type is capable to do so (for example, PostGIS).
- Layer: A published layer from an existing connection (store). Unlike QGIS Server, GeoServer does not publish every layer from the defined ...