.. _community_geopkg:

GeoPackage Extension
====================
This plugin brings in the ability to write GeoPackage files in GeoServer. Reading GeoPackage files is part of the core functionality of GeoServer, and does not require this extension.

`GeoPackage <http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/geopackageswg/>`_ is an SQLite based standard format that is able to hold multiple vector and raster data layers in a single file.

GeoPackage can be used as an output format for WFS :ref:`wfs_getfeature` (creating one vector data layer) as well as WMS :ref:`wms_getmap` (creating one raster data layer). 
The GeoServer GeoPackage extension also allows to create a completely custom made GeoPackage with multiple layers, using the GeoPackage process.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   installing
   output