MapStore 2026.02 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

MapStore on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

MapStore is an open-source web GIS framework from GeoSolutions for creating, saving and sharing interactive maps, dashboards, GeoStories and charts. It is the client and portal tier of a spatial data infrastructure: point it at OGC services such as WMS, WFS and WMTS, at a GeoServer, or at public basemaps, and it gives your users a polished browser interface for exploring, combining and publishing that data. It complements a map server rather than replacing one.

This image runs MapStore 2026.02.00 from the official upstream distribution on Apache Tomcat 9 under OpenJDK 17, with PostgreSQL as the persistence backend rather than the embedded H2 database that upstream ships for evaluation only. Tomcat is bound to the loopback interface and fronted by nginx on port 80 with an unauthenticated health endpoint. The PostgreSQL cluster and MapStore's external data directory both live on a dedicated Azure data disk, so every map, dashboard and user account is decoupled from the operating system disk and can be snapshotted or resized independently.

What is included

• MapStore 2026.02.00 on the vendor-bundled Apache Tomcat 9.0.116, run as a dedicated system service under Ubuntu's apt-managed OpenJDK 17
• PostgreSQL 16 as the GeoStore backend, replacing the embedded H2 database that upstream documents as unsuitable for production
• The PostgreSQL cluster and MapStore data directory on a dedicated Azure data disk
• nginx on port 80 reverse-proxying the loopback Tomcat connector, with an unauthenticated health endpoint for load balancer probes
• A unique administrator password generated on first boot, and the demo account that upstream seeds removed entirely, so no VM ships with a published login
• A preloaded sample map with an OpenStreetMap background and an offline vector layer, so a real map renders on first load even without external services
• Request-payload logging disabled, so credentials are never written to the system journal
• Fully patched Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with unattended security updates enabled
• 24/7 cloudimg support

Licensing

MapStore is free and open-source under the BSD 2-Clause License. No licence key, subscription or registration is required. The cloudimg charge covers packaging, security patching, image maintenance and 24/7 support.

This image is produced by cloudimg and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by GeoSolutions.