Configure tomcat to integrate with Active Directory Follow

AuraPlayer server - ServiceManager - can be deployed to Tomcat or Weblogic servers.

Users for ServiceManager can be configured on the server layer (in Tomcat in conf/tomcat-users.xml) (weblogic/tomcat), or by configuring the server to connect to Active Directory.

To configure Apache Tomcat to use Active Directory for authentication, you'll typically use the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) provided by Active Directory. Here are the steps to set this up:

Step 1: Configure the context.xml File

1. Navigate to the conf directory of your Tomcat installation (e.g., /path/to/tomcat/conf).
2. Open the context.xml file located in the conf directory.

Add the following <Realm> configuration to the context.xml file:

<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JNDIRealm"
       connectionURL="ldap://<YOUR_AD_SERVER>:389"
       connectionName="CN=<LDAP_BIND_USER>,OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com"
       connectionPassword="<LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD>"
       userBase="OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com"
       userSearch="(sAMAccountName={0})"
       userSubtree="true"
       roleBase="OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com"
       roleName="cn"
       roleSearch="(member={0})"
       roleSubtree="true"
       authentication="simple" />

• • connectionURL: URL of your Active Directory server.
  • connectionName: Distinguished Name (DN) of the user that Tomcat will use to bind to the LDAP server.
  • connectionPassword: Password of the bind user.
  • userBase: Base DN for user searches.
  • userSearch: LDAP search filter for finding users.
  • roleBase: Base DN for role searches.
  • roleName: Attribute name in the role entry which is used to specify the role name.
  • roleSearch: LDAP search filter for finding roles.
  • authentication: Type of authentication (simple, DIGEST-MD5, etc.).

Step 2: Configure web.xml for Your Application

1. Open the web.xml file of your web application (located in WEB-INF directory).

Add the following security constraints and login configuration to secure your application:

<security-constraint>
    <web-resource-collection>
        <web-resource-name>Protected Area</web-resource-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    </web-resource-collection>
    <auth-constraint>
        <role-name>YOUR_ROLE</role-name>
    </auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>

<login-config>
    <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
    <realm-name>AD Realm</realm-name>
</login-config>

<security-role>
    <role-name>YOUR_ROLE</role-name>
</security-role>

Replace YOUR_ROLE with the appropriate role that matches what you have configured in Active Directory.

*sample file attached

Step 3: Restart Tomcat

1. Restart Tomcat to apply the changes.

Option 2

configure LDAP configurations into server.xml file