Installing WFS FlatGeobuf output format
To install the WFS FlatGeobuf output format extension:
- Download the flatgeobuf community extension from the appropriate nightly build. The file name is called - geoserver-*-flatgeobuf-plugin.zip, where- *matches the version number of GeoServer you are using.
- Extract this these files and place the JARs in - WEB-INF/lib.
- Perform any configuration required by your servlet container, and then restart. 
The result will be a new datastore (which can be a file or a directory) and a new WFS output format (&outputFormat=application/flatgeobuf)