building geoserver 2.6 for MapStory

Do run the tests when appropriate:

use the build/build.sh script to build the gs with the proper dependancies. You should rebase custome commits to geoserver and geotools on top of latest 2.6.x and 12.x branches correspondingly.

geoserver-geonode-ext

GeoNode extends GeoServer with certain JSON, REST, and security capabilities.

Security

GeoServer delegates authentication and authorization to GeoNode.

When the GeoServer plugin sees a request, it attempts to authorize with GeoNode:

• If the request has a valid sessionid cookie (this links to a user in GeoNode), GeoNode looks up the user's permissions and replies.

• If there are HTTP credentials in the request (via the HTTP_AUTHORIZATION header) and they match those configured in the OGC_SETTINGS, GeoNode replies that this user is a super-user.

• Uploads is a special case: here, GeoNode makes the original request using the OGC_SETTINGS credentials.

JSON

TODO

.. todo:: Document GeoServer GeoJSON extensions

REST

TODO

.. todo:: Document GeoServer REST extensions