MBTiles Raster and Vector Data Stores

Adding an MBTiles Mosaic Raster Data Source

When the extension has been installed, :guilabel:MBTiles` will be an option in the Raster Data Sources list when creating a new data store.

MBTiles in the list of raster data sources

Configuring an MBTiles data source

Option	Description
Workspace	Name of the workspace to contain the MBTiles Mosaic store. This will also be the prefix of the raster layers created from the store.
Data Source Name	Name of the MBTiles Store as it will be known to GeoServer. This can be different from the filename.
Description	A full free-form description of the MBTiles store.
Enabled	If checked, it enables the store. If unchecked (disabled), no data in the GeoPackage Mosaic Store will be served from GeoServer.
URL	Location of the MBTiles file. This can be an absolute path (such as file:C:\Data\landbase.mbtiles) or a path relative to GeoServer's data directory (such as file:data/landbase.mbtiles).

Adding an MBTiles vector tiles Data Store

When the extension has been installed, MBTiles with vector tiles will be an option in the Vector Data Sources list when creating a new data store.

MBTiles in the list of vector data sources

Configuring an MBTiles data store

Option	Description
database	Path to the MBTiles file
user	Optional username
passwd	Optional password

After configuration the store will allow setting up the layers, as they get described in the json entry of the metadata table.

Configuring layers out of a MBTiles store

Each vector tile contains data for all the layers described, the store maintains a "soft cache" of parsed tiles to avoid re-parsing them from the binary on multi-layer rendering operations.