Merge pull request #9 from JakobMiksch/skip-demo

Skip demo data on startup

Dockerfile

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ ENV STABLE_EXTENSIONS=''
 ENV STABLE_PLUGIN_URL=$STABLE_PLUGIN_URL
 ENV ADDITIONAL_LIBS_DIR=/opt/additional_libs/
 ENV ADDITIONAL_FONTS_DIR=/opt/additional_fonts/
+ENV SKIP_DEMO_DATA=false
 
 # see https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/production/container.html
 ENV CATALINA_OPTS="\$EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS \

README.md

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ docker run -it -p 80:8080 \
 An empty data directory will be populated on first use. You can easily update GeoServer while
 using the same data directory.
 
+### How to start a GeoServer without sample data?
+
+This image populates GeoServer with demo data by default. For production scenarios this is typically not desired.
+The environment variable `SKIP_DEMO_DATA` can be set to `true` to create an empty GeoServer.
+
 ### How to download and install additional extensions on startup?
 
 The ``startup.sh`` script allows some customization on startup:

startup.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 echo "Welcome to GeoServer $GEOSERVER_VERSION"
 
+## Skip demo data
+if [ "${SKIP_DEMO_DATA}" = "true" ]; then
+  unset GEOSERVER_REQUIRE_FILE
+fi
+
 ## install release data directory if needed before starting tomcat
-if [ ! -f "$GEOSERVER_REQUIRE_FILE" ]; then
-    echo "Initialize $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR from data directory included in geoserver.war"
-    cp -r $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/geoserver/data/* $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR
+if [ ! -z "$GEOSERVER_REQUIRE_FILE" ] && [ ! -f "$GEOSERVER_REQUIRE_FILE" ]; then
+  echo "Initialize $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR from data directory included in geoserver.war"
+  cp -r $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/geoserver/data/* $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR
 fi
 
 ## install GeoServer extensions before starting the tomcat