<div dir="ltr">Hi Faustin,<div>we are running GeoServer 2.9.0 on Java 8 exclusively, and if you want to play with it, there is also</div><div>a demo server at <a href="http://demo.geo-solutions.it/geoserver/web/">http://demo.geo-solutions.it/geoserver/web/</a> that's running 2.9.x (the daily nightly build</div><div>of that series) on Java 8.</div><div><br></div><div>Do you have any logs reporting error messages?</div><div>Did you have a previous version of GeoServer working, or is it the first time you try it?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Andrea</div><div><br></div><div>PS: this discussion might be better suited for the geoserver-users list, this one has many people</div><div>that might not be interested in it</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Faustin Gashakamba <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fgashakamba@arcosnetwork.org" target="_blank">fgashakamba@arcosnetwork.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hello Jody,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I have had no luck in running GeoServer under Java 8. I keep seeing on the website that it is compatible but that’s not the case with me.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">For instance, I just downloaded the WAR file of this new release and put in Tomcat and restarted but it doesn’t run.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I have other webapps in my Tomcat installation and they run fine. Any clue on what’s going on?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">My java below:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">PS C:\Web\Tomcat\bin> java -version<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">java version "1.8.0_91"<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_91-b14)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.91-b14, mixed mode)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">PS C:\Web\Tomcat\bin><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Your help will be much appreciated.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Faustin<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jody Garnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 31 May 2016 00:42<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoServer 2.9.0 Released<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is the new stable release suitable for use in production. This release <b>requires the use of Java 8</b>.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Web admin application layer, preview, global settings, image processing and raster access screens have been updated.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">User guide has been restructured for ease of navigation and to reduce duplication</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The REST API can now be used to manage icons, fonts and configuration files and report on the status of installed components.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Internally this release features Wicket 7 and Spring 4 and the latest JAI-Ext library.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Layer bounds can now be generated from spatial reference systems extent</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Styles can now be configured with a custom legend.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more details please see the </span><a href="http://blog.geoserver.org/2016/05/30/geoserver-2-9-0-released/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">blog post</span></a> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and
release notes </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523"> (</span><a href="https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13003" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">2.9.0</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523">|</span><a href="https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=12502" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">RC1</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523">|</span><a href="https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=12700" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">beta2</span></a><span style="color:#262523">|</span><a href="https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=12100" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">beta</span></a>|<a href="https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=11401" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">M0</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523">)</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523">Thanks to Jody and Devon (from Boundless) for publishing this release. This release was delayed for two months due to incompatibility with Java 8. Thanks for the
dedicated testing a fix support from Andrea, Alessandro, Alex, Ben, Brad, Jukka, Niels, Torben and others during this long release cycle. Special thanks to sponsors of the </span><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoServer_Code_Sprint_2016" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Wicket
7 upgrade</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523"> sprint: </span><a href="http://www.osgeo.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">OSGeo</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523">, </span><a href="http://boundlessgeo.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Boundless</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523">, </span><a href="http://www.vividsolutions.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Vivid
Solutions</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523">, </span><a href="http://www.how2map.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">How
2 Map</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523">, </span><a href="https://www.sjwater.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">San Jose
Water Company</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523">, </span><a href="http://transient.nz/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Transient</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523">, </span><a href="http://www.geobeyond.it/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076a1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Geobeyond</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262523"> (with
in-kind sponsors GeoSolutions, CCRi, Astun Technology and Voyager).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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