wmts layer in Openlayers from Geoserver

Question

I have some layers in Geoserver(latest stable) that came from PostGIS data (they belong to a store with PostGIS type and gets data from a PostGIS database)

In those layers there are only WMS settings, not WMTS

I went to Caching Defaults in Geoserver, the WMTS Service is already enabled.

So I went to my Openlayers and try this, so I can get a PostGIS-based layer, from Geoserver to the map.

var projection = ol.proj.get('EPSG:3857');
var textent = ol.proj.transformExtent([2297128.5, 4618333, 2459120.25, 4763120], 'EPSG:900913', 'EPSG:3857');
var projectionExtent = projection.getExtent();
var size = ol.extent.getWidth(projectionExtent) / 256;
var resolutions = new Array(14);
var matrixIds = new Array(14);
for (var z = 0; z < 14; ++z) {
  // generate resolutions and matrixIds arrays for this WMTS
  resolutions[z] = size / Math.pow(2, z);
  matrixIds[z] = z;
}

 var ait  =  new ol.layer.Tile({
      opacity: 0.7,
      extent: textent,
      source: new ol.source.WMTS({
        url: 'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/mymap/wmts?',
        layer: 'mymap:planet_osm_polygon, mymap:planet_osm_line, mymap:planet_osm_roads, mymap:planet_osm_point',
        matrixSet: 'EPSG:3857',
        format: 'image/png',
        projection: projection,
        tileGrid: new ol.tilegrid.WMTS({
          origin: ol.extent.getTopLeft(projectionExtent),
          resolutions: resolutions,
          matrixIds: matrixIds
        }),
        style: 'default'
      })
    })

planet_osm_polygon, planet_osm_line, planet_osm_roads and planet_osm_point are composing the final layer. In simple WMS settings would be params: {'LAYERS': 'mymap:planet_osm_polygon, mymap:planet_osm_line, mymap:planet_osm_roads, mymap:planet_osm_point'.... but, in the WMTS case I dont know how I should set them, so that why I set them in layer

This does not work, I get

GET http://localhost:8080/geoserver/mymap/wmts?layer=mymap%3Aplanet_osm_polygon%2C%20mymap%3Aplanet_osm_line%2C%20mymap%3Aplanet_osm_roads%2C%20mymap%3Aplanet_osm_point&style=default&tilematrixset=EPSG%3A3857&Service=WMTS&Request=GetTile&Version=1.0.0&Format=image%2Fpng&TileMatrix=9&TileCol=286&TileRow=196 404 (Not Found)

Am I using the wrong settings or Geoserver does not support WMTS for PostGIS-based layers?

Answer 1

The default geoserver (geo web cache) WMTS is available at http://myserver.com:8080/geoserver/gwc/service/wmts?request=getcapabilities . I suspect you need to use a url similar to this to get the capabilities document and then check that your code matches the parameters advertised there.

Answer 2

for starters...

try TileMatrix=EPSG%3A38579%3A9 in the URL //ESPG:3857:9

change matrixIds[z] = z to matrixIds[z] = 'ESPG:3857:' + z (same issue - this fix worked for me)

check the WMTS Get Capabilities to ensure you are referencing the correct tilematrix set (in my case I'm using ESPG:900913) and column and row indices conform to the limits defined for each tilematrix (zoom level)

make sure your SLD style is in fact 'default' or the request will also fail