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I have a huge Geotiff file , and i've tiled it .. I've created the tiles using gdal_retile.py tool , but i'm getting the following error from Geoserver while linking the layer with the tiles folder : Could not list layers for this store, an error occurred retrieving them: This plugin accepts only File, URL and String pointing to a file any suggestion?

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Did you explicitly set the SRS? Showing the gdal_retile line you are executing whould be very useful. – cag Jun 24 '12 at 14:28
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You should look into the logs and see if there is a Java stack trace in there around the time you configured the layer? I also agree showing the gdal_retile.py would help, along with a gdalinfo call on one of your files. – Andrea Aime Jul 29 '12 at 9:26

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Did you copy the top level imagery into a directory with the name 0 (zero)? After making the tiles you need to do this additional step for it to work on Geoserver.

As described in the on the Geoserver webpages

  • move all tiff files in the root to a newly create directory 0
  • create an image mosaic in all sub-directories (shapefile index plus property file)
  • create the root property file describing the whole pyramid structure
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You probably need a newer Tomcat.

See http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-4062 - for a discussion of what might cause this problem.

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I tried to run under tomcat 7.0 , same issue happened – Mathboy Mar 27 '12 at 8:21
does the user running tomcat have write permissions to the data folder? – iant♦ Mar 27 '12 at 8:35
Yes , sure .. Also the action seems to be cutting in a step , because once i clicked Add layer , the root tiles moved to a new folder named 0 , so there's an action happening with no successful end – Mathboy Mar 27 '12 at 9:00

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