Installing the GeoServer GeoFence extension¶

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 Archive tab, and locate your release.

   From the list of Security extensions download GeoFence Client.

   • 2.28.0 example: geoserver-2.28.0-geofence-plugin.zip

   • 3.0-SNAPSHOT example: geoserver-3.0-SNAPSHOT-geofence-plugin.zip

   Verify that the version number in the filename corresponds to the version of GeoServer you are running (for example 2.28.0 above).

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

4. Restart GeoServer