.. _community_gwc_distributed:

GWC Distributed Caching community module
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GWC Distributed Caching module provides support for distributed in Memory caching using the Hazelcast API.

Installing the WPS download module
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#. Download the GWC Distributed module from the `nightly GeoServer community module builds <https://build.geoserver.org/geoserver/master/community-latest/>`_.

   .. warning:: Make sure to match the version of the extension to the version of the GeoServer instance.

#. Extract the contents of the archive into the ``WEB-INF/lib`` directory of the GeoServer installation.

Module description
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More information about Caching Configuration can be found at the :ref:`gwc_config` and :ref:`gwc_webadmin_defaults` pages.