GeoServer Security

This module details the security subsystem in GeoServer..

What you will learn

In this section you will learn how to administer:

• 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
• 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