Installing the HTTP Based Authorization plug-inΒΆ

  1. Login, and navigate to About & Status > About GeoServer and check Build Information to determine the exact version of GeoServer you are running.

  2. Visit the website download page, change the Development tab, and locate the nightly release that corresponds to the GeoServer you are running.

    Follow the Community Modules link and download web-service-auth zip archive.

    The website lists active nightly builds to provide feedback to developers, you may also browse for earlier branches.

  3. Extract the contents of the archive into the WEB-INF/lib directory in GeoServer.

    Warning

    Verify that the version number in the filename corresponds to the version of GeoServer you are running (for example geoserver-3.0-SNAPSHOT-web-service-auth-plugin.zip above).

  4. Restart GeoServer.

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