Installing the Importer 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 Other extensions download Importer (Core).

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

   • 3.0-SNAPSHOT example: geoserver-3.0-SNAPSHOT-importer-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).

   The optional importer download Importer (BDB Backend) is used in a clustered environment to share state importer progress between nodes.

   • 2.28.0 example: geoserver-2.28.0-importer-bdb-plugin.zip

   • 3.0-SNAPSHOT example: geoserver-3.0-SNAPSHOT-importer-bdb-plugin.zip

3. Extract the archive and copy the contents into the GeoServer WEB-INF/lib directory.

4. Restart GeoServer.

5. To verify that the extension was installed successfully, open the Web administration interface and look for an Import Data page in the Data section on the left-side navigation menu.

   

For additional information please see the section on Using the Importer extension.