A map server powered by GeoServer, installed and maintained by DINAO, with its PostGIS database built in. Publish your layers as WMS, WFS, WMTS and WPS for QGIS, your web portals and your partners — your data stays on our French servers.
GeoServer is the reference open-source server for publishing geographic data according to OGC standards. A project of the OSGeo foundation, written in Java, it is used by local authorities, public agencies and consulting firms to serve their layers to GIS software such as QGIS or ArcGIS, and to web mapping portals.
It reads your data where it lives — PostGIS database, Shapefiles, GeoTIFF rasters — and publishes it as WMS (rendered maps), WFS (vector features, read and edit with WFS-T), WCS (rasters) and WMTS (tiles cached by the built-in GeoWebCache). The WPS extension is installed: it exposes spatial processes — buffers, intersections… — that can be called remotely. Rendering is controlled with SLD styles, and a REST API lets you automate publishing.
At DINAO, GeoServer comes with a dedicated PostgreSQL/PostGIS database, linked to the server over a private network and not exposed to the Internet by default. The administrator password is generated at installation, access is over HTTPS on your domain, and both the database and the GeoServer data directory are backed up every day.
Resource tiers compatible with GeoServer prerequisites (minimum 2 vCPU / 4 Go / 20 Go). Hosted in France, fully managed.
From the simplest to the most flexible: DINAO takes care of everything on a shared server, DINAO installs and manages GeoServer on a machine that is yours alone, or you administer your own virtual private server.
Option 1 The simplest
from €39,90 /month excl. VAT
To get started quickly, with nothing to administer.
Choose a tier ↓Option 2
from €38,90 /month excl. VAT
To isolate a production application on a VPS without administering it.
Order →Option 3 100% self-managed
from €17,00 /month excl. VAT
By default you keep full control; but without an additional service, you handle everything: maintenance, configuration, deployment.
Discover the VPS Docker →| Criterion | Managed container | Managed VPS with Docker and the application pre-installed | VPS Docker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who installs GeoServer | DINAO, when you order | DINAO, when you order | Nobody by default: VPS delivered with Docker and, at your choice, Portainer / Dockge, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation |
| Application updates | DINAO: backup beforehand, health check, automatic rollback | DINAO, on request | You |
| System and Docker | DINAO | DINAO, without a control panel: one VPS, one application | You: no management service by default (optional: €55,00 or €75,00 excl. VAT/month, business days) |
| Backups | Daily, included, restorable from the customer area | Optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota) | None by default; optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota) |
| Monitoring | Included | Included | Optional: from €1,00 to €10,00 excl. VAT/month |
| Support | Best effort included; priority handling as an option | Priority handling included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours, no guaranteed resolution time) | Best effort |
| Isolation | Your own instance, on a Docker server shared with other customers | A virtual machine of your own, for this application only | A virtual machine of your own |
| Resources | Allocated vCPUs, capped per tier (never reserved) | Sized for the OS, Docker and GeoServer: 2 vCPU, 8 GB, 30 GB, stated as a cap; beyond that, a larger size is offered | Recommended size for GeoServer: 2 vCPU, 8 GB, 50 GB; can be extended |
| Administrator access (root) | No | No | Yes |
| Applications that require access to the Docker engine | No | Yes: the machine is yours alone | Yes |
| Starting price | €39,90 excl. VAT/month | €38,90 excl. VAT/month | €17,00 excl. VAT/month (VPS only, without the application) |
Options 2 and 3 sized for GeoServer (application requirements plus the system and Docker): 2 vCPU, 8 GB, 30 GB for option 2, 2 vCPU, 8 GB, 50 GB for option 3, whose base is larger.
2 hidden tier(s) (insufficient resources for this app) : Discovery, Standard
Self-hosting GeoServer means a server to maintain, security updates, backups and monitoring. With our managed GeoServer hosting, you use the application: we run the infrastructure.
Maps (WMS), vector features (WFS, including editing with WFS-T), rasters (WCS) and tiles (WMTS, cached by GeoWebCache). Data can come from the provided PostGIS database, Shapefiles or GeoTIFF rasters.
Yes. Your server's WMS, WFS and WMTS addresses can be added in QGIS like any OGC source : your published layers appear directly.
By default, the database can only be reached by GeoServer. To load your data from your workstation (QGIS, ogr2ogr, pgAdmin…), the database port can be opened to the IP addresses you specify only, or made reachable through a private network (VPN). Nothing is opened to the whole Internet.
You manage your workspaces, layers and styles from the GeoServer administration interface. DINAO takes care of the server, security updates, the PostGIS database and backups.
Yes. Version 3.0.2 was deployed on our infrastructure on 4 November 2026 and its start-up was checked automatically: every expected service must respond for this page to carry this statement. The deployment template used was last updated on 30 September 2026. Each new version released by the publisher triggers this test again: the date above therefore follows the version actually offered.
DINAO's managed service is included in the price of your container. It covers the technical operation of the server and its software layers: operating system, database, runtime environment and application (installation, security updates, backups, monitoring). It does not include help with the day-to-day use of the application, which remains the customer's responsibility. It is provided on a best-effort basis, under an obligation of means: your requests are handled according to their nature and criticality, in the order of priority set by DINAO, taking particular account of the impact on service availability. No response or restoration time is guaranteed at this level. Technical monitoring is automatic, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: an outage is detected without any action on your part. Human interventions take place Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.
If your business needs a guaranteed response time, two “Support responsiveness” options can be taken out when ordering or during the contract:
– Priority handling (€15 excl. VAT/month): handling by a technician within 2 hours (guaranteed intervention time, GTI);
– Enhanced priority handling (€35 excl. VAT/month): handling within 30 minutes and restoration within 4 hours (GTI and guaranteed restoration time, GTR).
These times are counted only from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. Time not elapsed at 5 p.m. resumes on the next working day: with a 2-hour GTI, a request received at 4:30 p.m. is handled at the latest at 10:30 a.m. on the next working day. The GTI guarantees the start of handling, not the resolution. For extended backup retention or a copy on a second site, contact our Application Container department.
Major version upgrades are not included in managed services: they modify the application itself — data schema, extensions, configuration — and may render it inoperable. DINAO, however, offers a protected automatic update option: a full backup is taken, the new version is installed, and then the service startup is automatically verified. If the service does not restart correctly, the previous version and the backup are automatically restored — your application returns to its previous state. This option covers updates within your major version; moving to a higher major version remains your decision and may be subject to a support service.
Yes, for 24 hours: the old address automatically redirects (302, path preserved) to the new one, and then the redirect is removed. Before saving, the dashboard checks that the new address points to the container's server and indicates the DNS record to create if not; the client can also make the www variant respond. The HTTPS certificate is obtained automatically.
Not contractually: automatic 24/7 monitoring, with human intervention on working days; out-of-hours intervention remains possible without commitment.
Yes, upon request. The included managed services are provided on a "best effort" basis with no guaranteed response time. Extended managed services packages can be set up — including priority handling, extended intervention windows, time commitments, extended backup retention, and replication to a second site. Their content and pricing are determined on a case-by-case basis with the client: as of today, there is no public catalogue of packages or online-purchasable options. Requests should be submitted via the Application Container service (Support Department #12, conteneur@dinao.com).
Daily backup: at worst, the previous day's data (up to 24 hours). Restoration initiated by the client from their client area, with no time commitment (depends on the volume).
Yes, the "Support Responsiveness" option can be ordered on all four container plans, with three levels: "Best effort" (included, €0, no guaranteed response time), "Priority handling" (€15/month or €150/year) and "Priority handling + extended 8am-8pm window" (€35/month or €350/year). Priority is understood relative to requests from lower-tier customers: none of these levels include a guarantee of response time (RT) or resolution time (RT). Backup retention and off-site copy options are not yet available for ordering.
