| GeoServer currently automatically publishes layers on all suitable services. In order to selectively publish a layer onto specific services, one has to resort to either GeoFence or a custom security manager. However, deciding a layer service availability is not always a security matter, in those cases setting up a security system just for that is overly complicated. It would be easier to have this configuration directly in the layer "publishing" tab instead. Full proposal: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-172---Allow-configuring-services-on-a-per-layer-basis |