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Installing the HTTP Based Authorization plug-in

  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 <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.

    • {{ version }} example: web-service-auth

    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-{{ version }}-web-service-auth-plugin.zip above).

  4. Restart GeoServer.