How to serve tiff WMS imagery through GeoServer

Question

I am new to the GeoServer/database world. I have never done any database work before, but I need to set up a WMS using GeoServer as part of my student internship.

I am using GeoServer 2.0.1 in standalone mode (downloaded using Jetty) with PostgreSQL 8.4 installed. I went through nyc_roads and nyc_buildings install demo in the GeoServer documentation but I still do not understand how I should go about serving up some test images. I noticed that the nyc_roads setup included a .sql file that was responsible for setting up the nyc_buildings database. I do not know how/where this file was generated.

Our test images are .tiff and .jpeg. I have successfully been able to do a WMS call on the local GeoServer machine, and have opened the included demo imagery. I now wish to add these .tiff and .jpeg images to GeoServer and access them through WMS. I have tried copying the images to the GeoServer data directory, adding a new data store and layers, but I always receive an error regarding the input stream.

I am sorry if I am leaving out vital information, this is as much as I know.

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EDIT:

As described in the comment below, I am confused as to why GeoServer wont publish a GeoTiff image layer. I've made a separate workspace and data store for it. When I go to add the GeoTiff image, the bounding boxes/Geo coordinates are read properly, along with the correct EPSG format. When I'm happy with the settings, I click save, but nothing happens. No error messages or warnings.

Answer 1

Upload your GeoTIFF (*.tif) file to a folder on your server.

Open GeoServer home. Sign in to the server (default user admin pwd geoserver). Select WORKSPACES on the left menu.

Create a new workspace and call it whatever you want.

Create a new store

and choose GeoTIFF.

Click on the BROWSE button next to the fileName and select your GeoTIFF.

If it is properly created, the bounding box should appear with the correct coordinates. Select WMS service (VERY IMPORTANT).

Check this tutorial for a complete run through.

Call WMS layer from JavaScript using Openlayers.