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Chapter 18. Migration

18.1. Configure Application Security Changes
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Configure security for basic authentication

In previous versions of JBoss EAP, properties files placed in the EAP_HOME/server/SERVER_NAME/conf/ directory were on classpath and could be easily found by the UsersRolesLoginModule. In JBoss EAP 6, the directory structure has changed. Properties files must be packaged within the application to make them available in the classpath.

Important

You must stop the server before editing the server configuration file for your change to be persisted on server restart.
To configure security for basic authentication, add a new security domain under security-domains to the standalone/configuration/standalone.xml or the domain/configuration/domain.xml server configuration file: 
<security-domain name="example">
    <authentication>
        <login-module code="UsersRoles" flag="required">
            <module-option name="usersProperties" 
                    value="${jboss.server.config.dir}/example-users.properties"/>
            <module-option name="rolesProperties" 
                    value="${jboss.server.config.dir}/example-roles.properties"/>
        </login-module>
    </authentication>
</security-domain>
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If the JBoss EAP 6 instance is running as a standalone server, ${jboss.server.config.dir} refers to the EAP_HOME/standalone/configuration/ directory. If the instance is running in a managed domain, ${jboss.server.config.dir} refers to the EAP_HOME/domain/configuration/ directory.
Modify security domain names

In JBoss EAP 6, security domains no longer use the prefix java:/jaas/ in their names.

  • For Web applications, you must remove this prefix from the security domain configurations in the jboss-web.xml.
  • For Enterprise applications, you must remove this prefix from the security domain configurations in the jboss-ejb3.xml file. This file has replaced the jboss.xml in JBoss EAP 6.

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