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Login Config --> Configuration

Tasks     Additional Documentation     Attributes

Overview

Use this tab to include the login-config element to configure how the user is authenticated, the realm name that should be used for this application, and the attributes that are needed by the form login mechanism. If the login-config element is present, the user must be authenticated in order to access any resource that is constrained by a <security-constraint> defined in the Web Application.

Tasks

Using the Web Application Deployment Descriptor Editor

Configuring Error Pages

Additional Documentation

(Requires an Internet connection.)

web.xml Deployment Descriptor Elements

Attributes

Attribute Label

Description

Value Constraints

Auth Method

Specifies the method used to authenticate the user.

Attribute: AuthMethod

Default: "BASIC"

Valid values:

  • "BASIC"

  • "FORM"

  • "CLIENT-CERT"

Configurable: yes

Readable: yes

Writable: yes

Realm Name

The name of the realm that is referenced to authenticate the user credentials. If omitted, the realm defined with the Auth Realm Name field on the Web Application--> Configuration tab of the Administration Console is used by default.

Attribute: RealmName

Configurable: yes

Readable: yes

Writable: yes

Login Page

Use this element if you configure the <auth-method>to FORM.

Attribute: LoginPage

Configurable: yes

Readable: yes

Writable: yes

Error Page

Attribute: ErrorPage

Configurable: yes

Readable: yes

Writable: yes



 

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