@Order(SecurityProperties.ACCESS_OVERRIDE_ORDER) vs ManagementServerProperties.ACCESS_OVERRIDE_ORDER in Spring Security

Question

Question1: In Spring Security, what exactly is the function

@Order(SecurityProperties.ACCESS_OVERRIDE_ORDER)

Spring Documentation States the below, but I am not sure I understand it clearly

To override the access rules without changing any other autoconfigured features add a @Bean of type WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter with @Order(SecurityProperties.ACCESS_OVERRIDE_ORDER).

The ordering of various security features in Spring Security are as below as per my understanding (LowestValue i.e. Highest Precedence to Highest Value i.e. Lowest Precedence)

1. Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE = -2^31-1
2. WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter = 100 (Based on @Order(100) mentioned in Docs)
   1. Access_Override_Order = Basic_Auth_Order -2 for Security Properties
   2. Access_Override_Order = Basic_Auth_Order -1 for ManagementServerProperties Basic_Auth_Order-2 = 2^31-7
3. Basic_Auth_Order = Ordered.Lowest_Precendence -5 = 2^31-5
4. Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE = 2^31

Question2 Based on the ordering of various security features above, If I want to override default rules for both Management Endpoints and the Rest of the application, should I use

• SecurityPropertiesACCESS_OVERRIDE_ORDER or
• ManagementServerProperties ACCESS_OVERRIDE_ORDER ?

I am currently using SecurityProperties ACCESS_OVERRIDE_ORDER but based on the suggestion here to get ACTUATOR working I need to enable ManagementServerProperties ACCESS_OVERRIDE_ORDER. Which one should I override if I want both working ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

SecurityProperties no longer defines the ACCESS_OVERRIDE_ORDER constant for the @Order annotation. However, Spring Boot no longer defines any security details if the application does, so we do not need the @Order annotation on the security @Configuration class and can be removed.