How to Set a Realm for an Application or Module

The following deployment descriptor elements have optional realm or realm-name data subelements or attributes that override the domain’s default realm:

• sun-application element in sun-application.xml

• web-app element in web.xml

• as-context element in sun-ejb-jar.xml

• client-container element in sun-acc.xml

• client-credential element in sun-acc.xml

If modules within an application specify conflicting realms, these are ignored. If present, the realm defined in sun-application.xml is used, otherwise the domain’s default realm is used.

For example, a realm is specified in sun-application.xml as follows:

<sun-application>
    ...
    <realm>ldap</realm>
</sun-application>

For more information about the deployment descriptor files and elements, see Appendix A, Deployment Descriptor Files.