Installing the GeoServer GeoFence Server extensionΒΆ

  1. Download the extension from the nightly GeoServer community module builds.

    Warning

    Make sure to match the version of the extension to the version of the GeoServer instance!

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

    Warning

    By default GeoFence will store his data in a H2 database and the database schema will be automatically managed by Hibernate. GeoFence documentation explains how to configure a different backed database and configure Hibernate behavior.

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