LoginModules

LoginModules are an essential part of the JAAS security framework and provide Teiid customizable user authentication and the ability to reuse existing LoginModules defined for WildFly. Refer to the WildFly security documentation for information about configuring security in WildFly, http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/admindevel326/html/ch8.chapter.html.

Teiid can be configured with multiple named application policies that group together relevant LoginModules. These security-domain names can be referenced on a per vdb.

You can control at the server level and per VDB what security domain and authentication type to use. You need to ensure that security domain supports the chosen authentication type - that is if you for example specify SSL authentication that you have configured a LoginModule that accepts certificates.

The security-domain attribute under the authentication element in teiid subsystem in the <jboss-install>/standalone/configuration/standalone-teiid.xml file is used set the security-domain name. For example, in default configuration under teiid subsystem you will find

<authentication security-domain="teiid-security"/>

<transport name="jdbc" protocol="teiid" socket-binding="teiid-jdbc">
   <ssl mode="login"/>
</transport>

If no domain can authenticate the user, the login attempt will fail. Details of the failed attempt including invalid users, which domains were consulted, etc. will be in the server log with appropriate levels of severity.

security-domain in VDB

A VDB can be configured to use a security-domain other than the Teiid default security-domain. This configuration is defined in the vdb.xml file, see VDB Properties for more information. The security-domain defined on transport configuration will be used as default security-domain, if a security-domain is not configured for a specific VDB.

<vdb name="vdb" version="1">
    <property name="security-domain" value="custom-security" />
    ...
</vdb>
Tip
 In existing installations an appropriate security domain may already be configured for use by administrative clients (typically for admin-console). If the admin connections (CLI) are not secured, it is recommended that you secure that interface by executing add-user.sh script in the bin/scripts directory.

Built-in LoginModules

JBossAS provides several LoginModules for common authentication needs, such as authenticating from a Text Based LoginModule or a LDAP Based LoginModule.

You can install multiple login modules as part of single security domain configuration and configure them to be part of the login process. For example, for teiid-security domain, you can configure a file based and also LDAP based login modules, and have your user authenticated with either or both login modules. If you want to write your own custom login module, refer to the Developer’s Guide for instructions.

For all the available login modules refer to http://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-11287.

Realm Based LoginModule

The RealmDirectLoginModule utilizes a common security realm across installed WildFly/EAP instance defined by default ApplicationRealm to perform authentication and authorization. To use this security relam add the following XML under "security" subsystem in standalone-teiid.xml or domain.xml

standalone-teiid.xml
 <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:security:1.1">
    <security-domains>
        <security-domain name="teiid-security" cache-type="default">
            <authentication>
                <login-module code="RealmDirect" flag="required">
                    <module-option name="password-stacking" value="useFirstPass"/>
                </login-module>
            </authentication>
        </security-domain>
    </security-domains>
</subsystem>

When using this security domain, use <wildfly>/bin/add-user.sh or <wildfly>/bin/add-user.bat scripts to add/update a user in "ApplicationRelam". When using this relam, the password as stored in encrypted form. This is the default security module that is used.

Text Based LoginModule

The UsersRolesLoginModule utilizes simple text files to authenticate users and to define their groups. To use this add the following XML under "security" subsystem in standalone-teiid.xml or domain.xml

standalone-teiid.xml
 <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:security:1.1">
    <security-domains>
        <security-domain name="teiid-security" cache-type="default">
            <authentication>
                <login-module code="UsersRoles" flag="required">
                    <module-option name="usersProperties" value="${jboss.server.config.dir}/users.properties"/>
                    <module-option name="rolesProperties" value="${jboss.server.config.dir}/roles.properties"/>
                </login-module>
            </authentication>
        </security-domain>
    </security-domains>
</subsystem>
Warning
 The UsersRolesLoginModule is not recommended for production use and is strongly recommended that you replace this login module.

Per above configuration, User names and passwords are stored in the <wildfly>/standalone/configuration/users.properties file, an example user.properties file looks like below

users.properties

# A users.properties file for use with the UsersRolesLoginModule
# username=password

fred=password
george=password
...

The role assignments are stored in the <wildfly>/standalone/configuration/roles.properties file, an example roles.properties file looks like below

roles.properties

# A roles.properties file for use with the UsersRolesLoginModule
# username=role1,role2,...

data_role_1=fred,sally
data_role_2=george

User and role names are entirely up to the needs of the given deployment. For example each application team can set their own security constraints for their VDBs, by mapping their VDB data roles to application specific JAAS roles, e.g. app_role_1=user1,user2,user3.

Note
 When you configure this security domain, you must provide the empty user.properties and roles.properties files at the correct path defined in the configuration, otherwise the initialization of security domain will endup in failure.
Note
 Teiid data roles names are independent of JAAS roles. VDB creators can choose whatever name they want for their data roles, which are then mapped at deployment time to JAAS roles.

LDAP Based LoginModule

For more complete information to configure a LDAP based login module consult EAP documentation

Configure LDAP authentication by editing standalone-teiid.xml under 'security' subsystem. Once the security-domain is defined, then edit the 'security-domain' attribute for Teiid’s 'transport' for which you want use this LDAP login.

standalone-teiid.xml
<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:security:1.1">
    <security-domains>
        <security-domain name="ldap_security_domain">
            <authentication>
                <login-module code="LdapExtended" flag="required">
                    <module-option name="java.naming.factory.initial" value="com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory" />
                    <module-option name="java.naming.provider.url" value="ldap://mydomain.org:389" />
                    <module-option name="java.naming.security.authentication" value="simple" />
                    <module-option name="bindDN" value="myuser" />
                    <module-option name="bindCredential" value="mypasswd" />
                    <module-option name="baseCtxDN" value="ou=People,dc=XXXX,dc=ca" />
                    <module-option name="baseFilter" value="(cn={0})" />
                    <module-option name="rolesCtxDN" value="ou=Webapp-Roles,ou=Groups,dc=XXXX,dc=ca" />
                    <module-option name="roleFilter" value="(member={1})" />
                    <module-option name="uidAttributeID" value="member" />
                    <module-option name="roleAttributeID" value="cn" />
                    <module-option name="roleAttributeIsDN" value="true" />
                    <module-option name="roleNameAttributeID" value="cn" />
                    <module-option name="roleRecursion" value="-1" />
                    <module-option name="searchScope" value="ONELEVEL_SCOPE" />
                    <module-option name="allowEmptyPasswords" value="false" />
                    <module-option name="throwValidateError" value="true" />
                </login-module>
            </authentication>
        </security-domain>
    </security-domains>
</subsystem>
Note
 If using SSL to the LDAP server, ensure that the Corporate CA Certificate is added to the JRE trust store.
Note
 Sometimes role information is DN, then you will requirethe property "parseRoleNameFromDN=true".

Database LoginModule

For information to configure a Database based login module consult EAP documentation

Cert LoginModule

For more complete information to configure a Certificate based login module consult EAP documentation

Role Mapping LoginModule

If the LoginModule you are using exposes role names that you wish to map to more application specific names, then you can use the RoleMappingLoginModule. This uses a properties file to inject additional role names, and optionally replace the existing role, on authenticated subjects.

standalone-teiid.xml
<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:security:1.1">
    <security-domains>
        <security-domain name="ldap_security_domain">
            <authentication>
                ...
                <login-module code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.RoleMappingLoginModule" flag="optional">
                    <module-option name="rolesProperties" value="${jboss-install}/standalone/configuration/roles.properties" />
                    <module-option name="replaceRole" value="false" />
                </login-module>
                ...
            </authentication>
        </security-domain>
    </security-domains>
</subsystem>

Custom LoginModules

If your authentication needs go beyond the provided LoginModules, please refer to the JAAS development guide at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/security/jaas/JAASLMDevGuide.html. There are also numerous guides available.

If you are extending one of the built-in LoginModules, refer to http://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-9466.

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