It is definitely well documented. The issue you might run into is that users then have to log in before they can see the data. You will have to provide them login credentials. We have used this successfully before with KML's.
Alternately things get more complicated if you are integrating authentication systems but it is possible to request an authenticated WMS on the back end of your system. Mainly you will want to set data security from Security > Data. You can set it more specifically for a workspace and a different Role. [image: image.png] Good Luck, Vera On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 8:58 AM Rahkonen Jukka (MML) < jukka.rahko...@maanmittauslaitos.fi> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I suggest to start by reading these: > https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/security/index.html > > > https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/community/geofence-server/index.html > > > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > > > *Lähettäjä:* Nicolas De Ville de Goyet <ndevi...@naturalsciences.be> > *Lähetetty:* maanantai 17. toukokuuta 2021 13.54 > *Vastaanottaja:* GeoServer Mailing List List < > geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > *Aihe:* [Geoserver-users] Password-protected WMS > > > > Dear all, > > I'm trying to find out if it is possible to use an WMS with a password so > only chosen users can access the layers on it. > > In geoserver, I have one workspace (among others) which shall not be > public. Its uses is only for internal colleagues who do not know much about > geoserver and web-services; My goal would be to provide them a WMS link to > the specific workspace they can add as a service in the Geonetwork map > viewer. > > I tried: > > > MYSERVER.be/geoserver/MYWORKSPACE/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&username=myusername&password=mypassword > > > > It seems there are at least two problems. The WMS getcapabilities does not > seems to accept limitation to a specific workspace and the user/password is > not recognized. > I understand the security of such method is quite limited (password > written in clear) but given my context it is acceptable. > > > > Does anyone knows if this is possible to do and how to do it? > > Many thanks, > > > > > > -- > > Nicolas de Ville > > Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) > > OD-Nature, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences > > 02/627.42.79 > > www.bmdc.be > > https://metadata.naturalsciences.be/ > > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > > Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to > this list: > - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: > http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ > - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: > http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html > > If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: > https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer > > > Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users >
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