Supported Realms

The following realms are supported in the current release of the GlassFish Server:

• file – Stores user information in a file. This is the default realm when you first install the GlassFish Server.

• ldap – Stores user information in an LDAP directory.

• jdbc – Stores user information in a database.

  In the JDBC realm, the server gets user credentials from a database. The GlassFish Server uses the database information and the enabled JDBC realm option in the configuration file. For digest authentication, a JDBC realm should be created with jdbcDigestRealm as the JAAS context.

• certificate – Sets up the user identity in the GlassFish Server security context, and populates it with user data obtained from cryptographically verified client certificates.

• solaris – Allows authentication using Solaris username+password data. This realm is only supported on the Solaris operating system, version 9 and above.

For information about configuring realms, see How to Configure a Realm.