Setting Up Basic Auth

Use Case

How to setup basic authentication between nodes.

Solution

Master Node (Registration Node)

1. At the bottom of your existing {SYM_HOME}/web/WEB-INF/web.xml file, add a security constraint by adding the following lines:
   /sync/* nodeRole BASIC default

2. Create a jetty-web.xml with the following contents int the {SYM_HOME}/web/WEB-INF folder. This will add a login service handler.
   default /web/WEB-INF/realm.properties

3. Create a realm.properties file with the following contents and put into the {SYM_HOME}/web/WEB-INF folder. This file contains the usernames and passwords needed by nodes to authenticate.
   

   Note
   
   The format of the realm.properties is "username: password, role". The role in the realm.properties needs to match the role in the web.xml.

   
   
   node: secret,nodeRole
   
   node2: secret2,nodeRole
   
   

   Nodes

4. Add the following properties to each node. Find the appropriate engine properties file for each node in the {SYM_HOME}/engines/*.properties.

   http.basic.auth.username=node
   http.basic.auth.password=secret