1 Reply Latest reply on Nov 11, 2012 7:59 PM by thomas.setiabudi

Authenticating Users from External Database

davidtwebb Nov 10, 2012 12:27 AM

I have an application that I want to use jBPM with. All of my security is already stored in Oracle. In other BPM systems I have written plugins to implement interfaces, and then the security in all controlled by SQL queries against my data model.

We are trying a Proof of Concept with jBPM 5 to ensure we can still maintain the security credential in the database. I have found some different approaches in the forums, but its unclear which is the best for jBPM 5.X.

Can someone please point me to any documentation or examples on how to accomplish authentication of users with an external database, such as Oracle. Not LDAP.

Thank you.

1. Re: Authenticating Users from External Database

thomas.setiabudi Nov 11, 2012 7:59 PM (in response to davidtwebb)

Hi David Webb,

I use JBPM 5.3 and use it as a service (accessing the REST API provided by JBPM Console Server).
The JBPM Console Server security is provided by JBOSS AS's Security Domain (you can see it on the standalone.xml)

here is an example on configuring the security to authenticate user and role from external database:
https://community.jboss.org/message/758517#758517

If you want to, you can read more about setting JBOSS AS Security domain here:
http://docs.jboss.org/jbosssecurity/docs/6.0/security_guide/html/Login_Modules.html#sect-DatabaseServerLoginModule

Regards,
Thomas Setiabudi
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