errai.require_authentication_for_all

[umk]

Hello,

I'm pretty new to Errai so I may have just missed something obvious but I don't understand why I'm not being challenged to authenticate when running the skeleton project (from the User Guide: http://download.jboss.org/errai/docs/1.1.0-CR2/userguide/index.html#d0e1289)

The default ErraiService.properties the project generates contains "errai.require_authentication_for_all=true". And clicking the button sends a message using the bus to the server-side code - but no auth challenge.

Can anyone explain this?

(Errai v1.1.0-CR2)

Thank you,

Clint

[cbrock]

In order for there to be an authentication challenge, and actual security client needs to be configured.  You must also have configured a security adapter, such as the JAAS adapter.  You can look at our "TheStore" demo for an example of this fully configured.

[umk]

A security adapter is configured for the HelloWorld application (sandbox-archetype):

errai.authentication_adapter=org.jboss.errai.bus.server.security.auth.JAASAdapter

TheStore appears to rely on Errai Workspaces for authentication. I guess I was wondering if authentication could be used with other applications without requiring them to be Errai Workspaces. If so, can this be achieved without too much difficultly? Thanks.

[jdestef]

Hi,

Did you ever figure out if this could be done without using the Workspace?

Thx

[umk]

Nope. I was hoping to hear back from Christopher after my last message... If I find a way to do this, I'll post back here. Maybe you can do the same??

[jdestef]

Will do.

Thx

[cbrock]

Okay, the JAASAdapter is not tied to workspace.  Rather, it relies on their being an authentication client on the clientside bus to communicate with it.  We have really only implemented on in Workspaces, and we should really be documenting the protocol so people can implement their own authentication clients.

Essentially is uses a standard messaging protocol to communicate back and forth.  That protocol can be implemented by a custom client, which was really the idea.