How to define Tomcat security Realms per webapp

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alfonx picture alfonx · Dec 3, 2010 · Viewed 8.4k times · Source

When using JAAS JDBCRealms with Tomcat, I usually define the realm in server.xml. But now I am looking for a simpler solution, where I don't have to configure the Tomcat container when deploying the application.

If possible, I would like to keep all the JAAS configuration in web.xml and just define the realm per application/webapp.

One thread mentions that he did this by defining the realm in META-INF/context.xml of the webapp.. but I could not get it working (Why is Tomcat manager using my LoginModule?).

Please help me find the correct location in the .war to define a org.apache.catalina.realm.JDBCRealm that is then used for that webapp.

Answer

Buhake Sindi picture Buhake Sindi · Dec 3, 2010

To define your own JDBCRealm, create a META-INF/context.xml in your own web application.

Configure your JDBCRealm according to the specification based on your Tomcat Server versions:

These links shows you exactly how to configure JDBCRealm.

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