The servlet-security
quickstart demonstrates the use of Jakarta EE declarative security to control access to Servlets and Security in WildFly.
The servlet-security
quickstart demonstrates the use of Jakarta EE declarative security to control access to Servlets and Security in WildFly Application Server.
When you deploy this example, two users are automatically created for you: user quickstartUser
with password quickstartPwd1!
and user guest
with password guestPwd1!
. This data is located in the src/main/resources/import.sql
file.
This quickstart takes the following steps to implement Servlet security:
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Web Application:
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Adds a security constraint to the Servlet using the
@ServletSecurity
and@HttpConstraint
annotations. -
Adds a security domain reference to
WEB-INF/jboss-web.xml
. -
Adds a
login-config
that sets theauth-method
toBASIC
in theWEB-INF/web.xml
.
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Application Server (
standalone.xml
):-
Defines a security domain in the
elytron
subsystem that uses the JDBC security realm to obtain the security data used to authenticate and authorize users. -
Adds an
application-security-domain
mapping in theundertow
subsystem to map the Servlet security domain to the security domain defined in step 1.
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Database Configuration:
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Adds an application user with access rights to the application.
User Name: quickstartUser Password: quickstartPwd1! Role: quickstarts
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Adds another user with no access rights to the application.
User Name: guest Password: guestPwd1! Role: notauthorized
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- H2 Database
-
This quickstart uses the H2 database included with WildFly Application Server 34. It is a lightweight, relational example datasource that is used for examples only. It is not robust or scalable, is not supported, and should NOT be used in a production environment.
The application this project produces is designed to be run on WildFly Application Server 34 or later.
All you need to build this project is Java SE 17.0 or later, and Maven 3.6.0 or later. See Configure Maven to Build and Deploy the Quickstarts to make sure you are configured correctly for testing the quickstarts.
In the following instructions, replace WILDFLY_HOME
with the actual path to your WildFly installation. The installation path is described in detail here: Use of WILDFLY_HOME and JBOSS_HOME Variables.
When you see the replaceable variable QUICKSTART_HOME, replace it with the path to the root directory of all of the quickstarts.
Before you begin, back up your server configuration file.
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If it is running, stop the WildFly server.
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Back up the
WILDFLY_HOME/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml
file.
After you have completed testing this quickstart, you can replace this file to restore the server to its original configuration.
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Open a terminal and navigate to the root of the WildFly directory.
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Start the WildFly server with the default profile by typing the following command.
$ WILDFLY_HOME/bin/standalone.sh
NoteFor Windows, use the WILDFLY_HOME\bin\standalone.bat
script.
You can configure the server by running JBoss CLI commands. For your convenience, this quickstart batches the commands into a configure-server.cli
script provided in the root directory of this quickstart.
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Before you begin, make sure you do the following:
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Back up the WildFly standalone server configuration as described above.
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Start the WildFly server with the standalone default profile as described above.
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Review the
configure-server.cli
file in the root of this quickstart directory. This script adds security domain and HTTP authentication factory to theelytron
subsystem in the server configuration and also configures theundertow
subsystem to use the configured HTTP authentication factory for the Web application. -
Open a new terminal, navigate to the root directory of this quickstart, and run the following command, replacing
WILDFLY_HOME
with the path to your server:$ WILDFLY_HOME/bin/jboss-cli.sh --connect --file=configure-server.cli
NoteFor Windows, use the WILDFLY_HOME\bin\jboss-cli.bat
script.You should see the following result when you run the script:
The batch executed successfully
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Stop the WildFly server.
After stopping the server, open the WILDFLY_HOME/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml
file and review the changes.
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The following datasource was added to the
datasources
subsystem.<datasource jndi-name="java:jboss/datasources/ServletSecurityDS" pool-name="ServletSecurityDS"> <connection-url>jdbc:h2:mem:servlet-security;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE</connection-url> <driver>h2</driver> <security> <user-name>sa</user-name> <password>sa</password> </security> </datasource>
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The following
security-realm
was added to theelytron
subsystem.<jdbc-realm name="servlet-security-jdbc-realm"> <principal-query sql="SELECT PASSWORD FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME = ?" data-source="ServletSecurityDS"> <clear-password-mapper password-index="1"/> </principal-query> <principal-query sql="SELECT R.NAME, 'Roles' FROM USERS_ROLES UR INNER JOIN ROLES R ON R.ID = UR.ROLE_ID INNER JOIN USERS U ON U.ID = UR.USER_ID WHERE U.USERNAME = ?" data-source="ServletSecurityDS"> <attribute-mapping> <attribute to="roles" index="1"/> </attribute-mapping> </principal-query> </jdbc-realm>
The
security-realm
is responsible for verifying the credentials for a given principal and for obtaining security attributes (like roles) that are associated with the authenticated identity. -
The
jdbc-realm
in this quickstart stores the roles associated with a principal in an attribute namedRoles
.Other realms might use different attributes for roles (such as
group
). If an attribute name other than "Roles" is used to store the roles, arole-decoder
can be configured as follows:/subsystem=elytron/simple-role-decoder=from-roles-attribute:add(attribute=ATTRIBUTE_NAME)
The command to create a
security-domain
could then be updated to reference thisrole-decoder
:/subsystem=elytron/security-domain=servlet-security-quickstart-sd:add(default-realm=servlet-security-jdbc-realm, realms=[{realm=servlet-security-jdbc-realm, role-decoder=from-roles-attribute}], permission-mapper=default-permission-mapper)
The purpose of a
role-decoder
is to instruct the security domain how roles are to be retrieved from an authorized identity. -
The following
security-domain
was added to theelytron
subsystem.<security-domain name="servlet-security-quickstart-sd" default-realm="servlet-security-jdbc-realm" permission-mapper="default-permission-mapper"> <realm name="servlet-security-jdbc-realm"/> </security-domain>
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The following
application-security-domain
was added to theundertow
subsystem.<application-security-domains> <application-security-domain name="servlet-security-quickstart" security-domain="servlet-security-quickstart-sd"/> </application-security-domains>
This configuration tells Undertow
that applications with the servlet-security-quickstart
security domain, as defined in the jboss-web.xml
or by using the @SecurityDomain
annotation in the Servlet class, should use the security-domain
named servlet-security-quickstart-sd
.
This quickstart includes integration tests, which are located under the src/test/
directory. The integration tests verify that the quickstart runs correctly when deployed on the server.
Follow these steps to run the integration tests.
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Make sure WildFly server is started.
-
Make sure the quickstart is deployed.
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Type the following command to run the
verify
goal with theintegration-testing
profile activated.$ mvn verify -Pintegration-testing
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Make sure WildFly server is started.
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Open a terminal and navigate to the root directory of this quickstart.
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Type the following command to build the quickstart.
$ mvn clean package
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Type the following command to deploy the quickstart.
$ mvn wildfly:deploy
This deploys the servlet-security/target/servlet-security.war
to the running instance of the server.
You should see a message in the server log indicating that the archive deployed successfully.
The application will be running at the following URL http://localhost:8080/servlet-security/.
When you access the application, you should get a browser login challenge.
Log in using the username quickstartUser
and password quickstartPwd1!
. The browser will display the following security info:
Successfully called Secured Servlet
Principal : quickstartUser
Remote User : quickstartUser
Authentication Type : BASIC
Now close the browser. Open a new browser and log in with username guest
and password guestPwd1!
. The browser will display the following error:
Forbidden
When you are finished testing the quickstart, follow these steps to undeploy the archive.
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Make sure WildFly server is started.
-
Open a terminal and navigate to the root directory of this quickstart.
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Type this command to undeploy the archive:
$ mvn wildfly:undeploy
You can restore the original server configuration using either of the following methods.
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You can run the
restore-configuration.cli
script provided in the root directory of this quickstart. -
You can manually restore the configuration using the backup copy of the configuration file.
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Start the WildFly server as described above.
-
Open a new terminal, navigate to the root directory of this quickstart, and run the following command, replacing
WILDFLY_HOME
with the path to your server:$ WILDFLY_HOME/bin/jboss-cli.sh --connect --file=restore-configuration.cli
NoteFor Windows, use the WILDFLY_HOME\bin\jboss-cli.bat
script.
This script removes the application-security-domain
configuration from the undertow
subsystem, the http-authentication-factory
, security-domain
, security-realm
and role-decoder
configuration from the elytron
subsystem and it also removes the datasource used for this quickstart. You should see the following result when you run the script:
The batch executed successfully
process-state: reload-required
When you have completed testing the quickstart, you can restore the original server configuration by manually restoring the backup copy the configuration file.
-
If it is running, stop the WildFly server.
-
Replace the
WILDFLY_HOME/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml
file with the backup copy of the file.
Instead of using a standard WildFly server distribution, you can alternatively provision a WildFly server to deploy and run the quickstart. The functionality is provided by the WildFly Maven Plugin, and you may find its configuration in the quickstart pom.xml
:
<profile>
<id>provisioned-server</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
</activation>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.wildfly.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>wildfly-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<discover-provisioning-info>
<version>${version.server}</version>
</discover-provisioning-info>
<add-ons>...</add-ons>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>package</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
When built, the provisioned WildFly server can be found in the target/server
directory, and its usage is similar to a standard server distribution, with the simplification that there is never the need to specify the server configuration to be started.
Follow these steps to run the quickstart using the provisioned server.
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Make sure the server is provisioned.
$ mvn clean package
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Start the WildFly provisioned server, using the WildFly Maven Plugin
start
goal.$ mvn wildfly:start
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Type the following command to run the integration tests.
$ mvn verify -Pintegration-testing
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Shut down the WildFly provisioned server.
$ mvn wildfly:shutdown
On OpenShift, the S2I build with Apache Maven uses an openshift
Maven profile to provision a WildFly server, deploy and run the quickstart in OpenShift environment.
The server provisioning functionality is provided by the WildFly Maven Plugin, and you may find its configuration in the quickstart pom.xml
:
<profile>
<id>openshift</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.wildfly.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>wildfly-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<discover-provisioning-info>
<version>${version.server}</version>
<context>cloud</context>
</discover-provisioning-info>
<add-ons>...</add-ons>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>package</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
You may note that unlike the provisioned-server
profile it uses the cloud context which enables a configuration tuned for OpenShift environment.
The plugin uses WildFly Glow to discover the feature packs and layers required to run the application, and provisions a server containing those layers.
If you get an error or the server is missing some functionality which cannot be auto-discovered, you can download the WildFly Glow CLI and run the following command to see more information about what add-ons are available:
wildfly-glow show-add-ons
This section contains the basic instructions to build and deploy this quickstart to WildFly for OpenShift or WildFly for OpenShift Online using Helm Charts.
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You must be logged in OpenShift and have an
oc
client to connect to OpenShift -
Helm must be installed to deploy the backend on OpenShift.
Once you have installed Helm, you need to add the repository that provides Helm Charts for WildFly.
$ helm repo add wildfly https://docs.wildfly.org/wildfly-charts/
"wildfly" has been added to your repositories
$ helm search repo wildfly
NAME CHART VERSION APP VERSION DESCRIPTION
wildfly/wildfly ... ... Build and Deploy WildFly applications on OpenShift
wildfly/wildfly-common ... ... A library chart for WildFly-based applications
Log in to your OpenShift instance using the oc login
command.
The backend will be built and deployed on OpenShift with a Helm Chart for WildFly.
Navigate to the root directory of this quickstart and run the following command:
$ helm install servlet-security -f charts/helm.yaml wildfly/wildfly --wait --timeout=10m0s
NAME: servlet-security
...
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
This command will return once the application has successfully deployed. In case of a timeout, you can check the status of the application with the following command in another terminal:
oc get deployment servlet-security
The Helm Chart for this quickstart contains all the information to build an image from the source code using S2I on Java 17:
build:
uri: https://github.com/wildfly/quickstart.git
ref: main
contextDir: servlet-security
deploy:
replicas: 1
This will create a new deployment on OpenShift and deploy the application.
If you want to see all the configuration elements to customize your deployment you can use the following command:
$ helm show readme wildfly/wildfly
Get the URL of the route to the deployment.
$ oc get route servlet-security -o jsonpath="{.spec.host}"
Access the application in your web browser using the displayed URL.
The integration tests included with this quickstart, which verify that the quickstart runs correctly, may also be run with the quickstart running on OpenShift.
Note
|
The integration tests expect a deployed application, so make sure you have deployed the quickstart on OpenShift before you begin. |
Run the integration tests using the following command to run the verify
goal with the integration-testing
profile activated and the proper URL:
$ mvn verify -Pintegration-testing -Dserver.host=https://$(oc get route servlet-security --template='{{ .spec.host }}')
Note
|
The tests are using SSL to connect to the quickstart running on OpenShift. So you need the certificates to be trusted by the machine the tests are run from. |
For Kubernetes, the build with Apache Maven uses an openshift
Maven profile to provision a WildFly server, suitable for running on Kubernetes.
The server provisioning functionality is provided by the WildFly Maven Plugin, and you may find its configuration in the quickstart pom.xml
:
<profile>
<id>openshift</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.wildfly.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>wildfly-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<discover-provisioning-info>
<version>${version.server}</version>
<context>cloud</context>
</discover-provisioning-info>
<add-ons>...</add-ons>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>package</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
You may note that unlike the provisioned-server
profile it uses the cloud context which enables a configuration tuned for Kubernetes environment.
The plugin uses WildFly Glow to discover the feature packs and layers required to run the application, and provisions a server containing those layers.
If you get an error or the server is missing some functionality which cannot be auto-discovered, you can download the WildFly Glow CLI and run the following command to see more information about what add-ons are available:
wildfly-glow show-add-ons
This section contains the basic instructions to build and deploy this quickstart to Kubernetes using Helm Charts.
In this example we are using Minikube as our Kubernetes provider. See the Minikube Getting Started guide for how to install it. After installing it, we start it with 4GB of memory.
minikube start --memory='4gb'
The above command should work if you have Docker installed on your machine. If, you are using Podman instead of Docker, you will also need to pass in --driver=podman
, as covered in the Minikube documentation.
Once Minikube has started, we need to enable its registry since that is where we will push the image needed to deploy the quickstart, and where we will tell the Helm charts to download it from.
minikube addons enable registry
In order to be able to push images to the registry we need to make it accessible from outside Kubernetes. How we do this depends on your operating system. All the below examples will expose it at localhost:5000
# On Mac:
docker run --rm -it --network=host alpine ash -c "apk add socat && socat TCP-LISTEN:5000,reuseaddr,fork TCP:$(minikube ip):5000"
# On Linux:
kubectl port-forward --namespace kube-system service/registry 5000:80 &
# On Windows:
kubectl port-forward --namespace kube-system service/registry 5000:80
docker run --rm -it --network=host alpine ash -c "apk add socat && socat TCP-LISTEN:5000,reuseaddr,fork TCP:host.docker.internal:5000"
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Helm must be installed to deploy the backend on Kubernetes.
Once you have installed Helm, you need to add the repository that provides Helm Charts for WildFly.
$ helm repo add wildfly https://docs.wildfly.org/wildfly-charts/
"wildfly" has been added to your repositories
$ helm search repo wildfly
NAME CHART VERSION APP VERSION DESCRIPTION
wildfly/wildfly ... ... Build and Deploy WildFly applications on OpenShift
wildfly/wildfly-common ... ... A library chart for WildFly-based applications
The backend will be built and deployed on Kubernetes with a Helm Chart for WildFly.
Navigate to the root directory of this quickstart and run the following commands:
mvn -Popenshift package wildfly:image
This will use the openshift
Maven profile we saw earlier to build the application, and create a Docker image containing the WildFly server with the application deployed. The name of the image will be servlet-security
.
Next we need to tag the image and make it available to Kubernetes. You can push it to a registry like quay.io
. In this case we tag as localhost:5000/servlet-security:latest
and push it to the internal registry in our Kubernetes instance:
# Tag the image
docker tag servlet-security localhost:5000/servlet-security:latest
# Push the image to the registry
docker push localhost:5000/servlet-security:latest
In the below call to helm install
which deploys our application to Kubernetes, we are passing in some extra arguments to tweak the Helm build:
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--set build.enabled=false
- This turns off the s2i build for the Helm chart since Kubernetes, unlike OpenShift, does not have s2i. Instead, we are providing the image to use. -
--set deploy.route.enabled=false
- This disables route creation normally performed by the Helm chart. On Kubernetes we will use port-forwards instead to access our application, since routes are an OpenShift specific concept and thus not available on Kubernetes. -
--set image.name="localhost:5000/servlet-security"
- This tells the Helm chart to use the image we built, tagged and pushed to Kubernetes' internal registry above.
$ helm install servlet-security -f charts/helm.yaml wildfly/wildfly --wait --timeout=10m0s --set build.enabled=false --set deploy.route.enabled=false --set image.name="localhost:5000/servlet-security"
NAME: servlet-security
...
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
This command will return once the application has successfully deployed. In case of a timeout, you can check the status of the application with the following command in another terminal:
kubectl get deployment servlet-security
The Helm Chart for this quickstart contains all the information to build an image from the source code using S2I on Java 17:
build:
uri: https://github.com/wildfly/quickstart.git
ref: main
contextDir: servlet-security
deploy:
replicas: 1
This will create a new deployment on Kubernetes and deploy the application.
If you want to see all the configuration elements to customize your deployment you can use the following command:
$ helm show readme wildfly/wildfly
To be able to connect to our application running in Kubernetes from outside, we need to set up a port-forward to the servlet-security
service created for us by the Helm chart.
This service will run on port 8080
, and we set up the port forward to also run on port 8080
:
kubectl port-forward service/servlet-security 8080:8080
The server can now be accessed via http://localhost:8080
from outside Kubernetes. Note that the command to create the port-forward will not return, so it is easiest to run this in a separate terminal.
The integration tests included with this quickstart, which verify that the quickstart runs correctly, may also be run with the quickstart running on Kubernetes.
Note
|
The integration tests expect a deployed application, so make sure you have deployed the quickstart on Kubernetes before you begin. |
Run the integration tests using the following command to run the verify
goal with the integration-testing
profile activated and the proper URL:
$ mvn verify -Pintegration-testing -Dserver.host=http://localhost:8080