4.4. Configure a Web Application to use a Valve

Procedure 4.1. Configure an application for a local valve

1. Configure a Valve

   Create a valve element containing the class-name child element in the application's jboss-web.xml file. The class-name is the name of the valve class.

   <valve>
     <class-name>VALVE_CLASS_NAME</class-name>
   </valve>

   Example 4.1. Valve element configured in the jboss-web.xml file

   <valve>
     <class-name>org.jboss.security.negotiation.NegotiationAuthenticator</class-name>
   </valve>

2. Configure a Custom Valve

   If the valve has configurable parameters, add a param child element to the valve element for each parameter, specifying the param-name and param-value for each.

   Example 4.2. Custom valve element configured in the jboss-web.xml file

   <valve>   
     <class-name>org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.GenericHeaderAuthenticator</class-name>  
     <param>  
       <param-name>httpHeaderForSSOAuth</param-name>  
       <param-value>sm_ssoid,ct-remote-user,HTTP_OBLIX_UID</param-value>  
     </param>  
     <param>  
       <param-name>sessionCookieForSSOAuth</param-name>  
       <param-value>SMSESSION,CTSESSION,ObSSOCookie</param-value>  
     </param>
   </valve>