GeoServer Security

This module details the security subsystem in GeoServer.

What you will learn

In this section you will learn how to configure User and Roles, the Authentication mechanisms and the rules to access to Services and Layers:

• Introduction
  • Users and Roles Configuration
  • Authentication chains configuration
    • Request Types and authentication filter chains
  • Service and Layer Security
• Users and Roles
  • User/group services
    • XML User/group services
    • JDBC User/group services
  • Roles services
• Authentication
  • Authentication Filters
  • Authentication Providers
    • Basic Authentication Provider
    • JDBC Authentication Provider
    • LDAP Authentication Provider
    • LDAP Role Service Provider
• Service Level Security
• Layer Level Security
  • Data Access Rules
  • Security Tab
• Security overview
  • Passwords
  • Avoid the Warnings
    • Encryption for default user/group
    • The Master Password
    • The Admin Password
    • Installing the StrongPBE
• Key authentication module
  • Limitations
  • Key providers
    • Key provider using user properties
    • Key provider using a property file
    • Key provider using an external web service
  • Configuration
  • Provider pluggability