curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H 'Content-type: text/plain'
   -d '/opt/geoserver_data_dir/2.0.2/data/test_pyramid.pyr'
    "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/testWS/datastores/test_pyramid.pyr/external.imagepyramid?configure=all"

curl -u admin:geoserver -v -XPOST -H 'Content-type: text/xml'
     -d '<workspace><name>wsgeotiff</name></workspace>'
     http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces

curl -u admin:geoserver -v -XPOST -H 'Content-type: text/xml'
     -d '<coverageStore>
         <name>wsgeotiff_imageGeoTiffWGS84_1298678792699</name>
         <workspace>wsgeotiff</workspace>
         <enabled>true</enabled>
         <type>GeoTIFF</type>
         <url>/home/gis/image_wgs84.tif</url>
         </coverageStore>'
     "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/wsgeotiff/coveragestores?configure=all"

curl -u admin:geoserver -v -XPOST -H 'Content-type: text/xml'
      -d '<coverage>
          <name>imageGeoTiffWGS84</name>
          <title>imageGeoTiffWGS84</title>
          <nativeCRS>GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137.0, 298.257223563, AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree", 0.017453292519943295],AXIS["Geodetic longitude", EAST],AXIS["Geodetic latitude", NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]</nativeCRS>
          <srs>EPSG:4326</srs>
          <latLonBoundingBox><minx>-179.958</minx><maxx>-105.002</maxx><miny>-65.007</miny><maxy>65.007</maxy><crs>EPSG:4326</crs></latLonBoundingBox>
          </coverage>'
      "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/wsgeotiff/coveragestores/wsgeotiff_imageGeoTiffWGS84_1298678792699/coverages"