I am new to the world of GeoServer / database. I have never done any database work before, but I need to configure WMS with GeoServer as part of my student internship.
I am using GeoServer 2.0.1 offline (downloaded using Jetty) with PostgreSQL 8.4 installed. I went through the nyc_roads and nyc_buildings installation demo in the GeoServer documentation, but I still don't understand how I should serve some test images. I noticed that the nyc_roads installation included a .sql file that was responsible for creating the nyc_buildings database. I do not know how / where this file was created.
Our test images are .tiff and .jpeg. I successfully made a WMS call on the local GeoServer machine and opened the attached demo images. Now I want to add these .tiff and .jpeg images to GeoServer and access them through WMS. I tried to copy the images to the GeoServer data directory by adding a new data store and layers, but I always get an input stream error message.
I apologize if I leave important information, as far as I know.
EDIT:
As described in the comment below, I am confused about why GeoServer will not publish the GeoTiff image layer. I created a separate workspace and data warehouse for it. When I move on to adding a GeoTiff image, the correct fields / Geo coordinates are read correctly, as well as the correct EPSG format. When I am satisfied with the settings, I click save, but nothing happens. No error messages or warnings.
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