Installing the GeoServer GeoFence Server extension

1. Visit the website download page, locate your release, and download: geoserver-2.24.2-geofence-server-plugin.zip (nightly geoserver-2.24-SNAPSHOT-geofence-server-plugin.zip)

   The download link will be in the Extensions section under Other.

   Warning

   Ensure to match plugin (example 2.24.2 above) version to the version of the GeoServer instance.

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

   ::: note ::: title Note :::

   By default GeoFence will store this data in a H2 database and the database schema will be automatically managed by Hibernate.

   The GeoFence documentation explains how to configure a different backed database and configure Hibernate behavior. :::

2. Add the following system variable among the JVM startup options (location varies depending on installation type): -Dgwc.context.suffix=gwc

3. Restart GeoServer