Summary
In this chapter we learned how to automate configuration tasks. Using the REST interface, you can publish data from a remote procedure that check for updates, extract, transform, and load the data on a filesystem or a spatial database, and then send a request to GeoServer for configuring and publishing the data.
In the next chapter, we will explore security—a real issue if you are going to deploy your GeoServer to the Internet.
We will explore how to create a set of users and link them to security policies. Each user can be profiled to access only a set of data. The most important keywords are users, groups, and roles. Understanding these topics will enable you to fine-tune the GeoServer's security system.
