Installing the GeoServer Web Resource extension
The Resource Brower tool is provided by the web-resource extension is listed on the GeoServer download page.
To install web-resource extension:
- From the GeoServer Download page locate the release used and download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2025.1/extensions/geoserver-2025.1-web-resource-plugin.zip - Verify that the version number in the filename corresponds to the version of GeoServer you are running (for example 2025.1 above). 
- Extract the contents of the archive into the - WEB-INF/libdirectory in GeoServer.- This extension includes two jars. 
- Restart GeoServer. 
- To confirm successful installation, navigate to page and confirm the availability of Resource Browser tool.