Installing the GeoServer GeoFence Server extensionΒΆ

  1. Visit the website download page, locate your release, and download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.22.2/extensions/geoserver-2.22.2-geofence-server-plugin.zip

    The download link will be in the Extensions section under Other.

    Warning

    Ensure to match plugin (example 2.22.2 above) version to the version of the GeoServer instance.

  1. Extract the files in this archive to the WEB-INF/lib directory of your GeoServer installation.

    Note

    By default GeoFence will store this data in a H2 database and the database schema will be automatically managed by Hibernate.

    The GeoFence documentation explains how to configure a different backed database and configure Hibernate behavior.

  2. Restart GeoServer