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Mastering JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7

You're reading from   Mastering JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 Core details of the Enteprise server supported by clear directions and advanced tips.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786463630
Length 390 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Luigi Fugaro Luigi Fugaro
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Francesco Marchioni Francesco Marchioni
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Preface 1. Installation and Configuration FREE CHAPTER 2. The CLI Management Tool 3. Managing EAP in Domain Mode 4. Deploying Applications 5. Load Balancing 6. Clustering EAP 7 7. Logging 8. Configuring Database Connectivity 9. Configuring EAP 7 for Java EE Applications 10. Messaging Administration 11. Securing the Application Server 12. New Security Features of EAP 7 13. Using EAP 7 with Docker 14. Running EAP 7 on the Cloud Using OpenShift

Securing the management interfaces with LDAP

In the Testing the Kerberos login against management interfaces section, we discussed how to secure the management interfaces using the Kerberos ticketing system.

If you don't need that level of complexity in your infrastructure, but you still want to provide an adequate level of security, the recommended approach is to use a directory service. The directory service can be used both for authenticating the user and for granting a role to the user. If your management users will be all SuperUsers then it's enough to configure just the authentication layer. On the other hand, if you want to apply Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) on your management users then you have to configure the authorization part.

To get you started quickly with this topic, we can continue using the ApacheDS server contained in the kerberos-using-apacheds project, which contains some LDAP users along with the Kerberos configuration. Otherwise, you can download...

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