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- Build Windows installer
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- We presently have a Windows build server which is responsible for packaging up the windows installer for each release.
- The `NSIS <https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Main_Page>`__ program used here can also be run on Linux; however we make use of a Windows build server in order to digitally sign the result.
- However you can create your own installer (using a Windows machine).
- .. note:: This step requires a Windows machine.
- .. note:: A community provided Powershell script that automates the following steps is available `here <https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/edit/main/src/release/installer/win/win-installer-builder.ps1>`_.
- #. Download and install `NSIS <http://nsis.sourceforge.net/>`_.
- #. Install the `NSIS Access Control plugin <http://nsis.sourceforge.net/AccessControl_plug-in>`_. The simplest way to do this is to download the zip, extract the .DLL files (:file:`AccessControl.dll`) and copy it to the NSIS plugins directory (usually :file:`C:\\Program Files\\NSIS\\Plugins\\x86-ansi`).
- #. Download and unzip the binary GeoServer package::
- unzip geoserver-[VERSION]-bin.zip
- #. Download and unzip the source GeoServer package::
- unzip geoserver-[VERSION].zip
- #. Copy the files :file:`LICENSE.md`, :file:`src/release/licenses/GPL.md` and the following files from :file:`src/release/installer/win` from the Geoserver source GeoServer package to the root of the unpacked archive (the same directory level as the :file:`start.jar`)::
- GeoServerEXE.nsi
- gs.ico
- header.bmp
- side_left.bmp
- splash.bmp
- wrapper.conf
- wrapper.dll
- wrapper.exe
- wrapper.jar
- wrapper-server-license.txt
- .. figure:: img/win-installer1.png
- :align: center
- #. Right-click on the installer script :file:`GeoServerEXE.nsi` and select :command:`Compile Script`.
- .. figure:: img/win-installer2.png
- :align: center
- #. After successfully compiling the script, an installer named :file:`geoserver-[VERSION].exe` will be located in the root of the unpacked archive.
- .. figure:: img/win-installer3.png
- :align: center
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