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The Java EE 6 Tutorial

ProcedureTo Run the Form-Based Authentication Example

To run the web client for hello1_formauth, follow these steps.

  1. Open a web browser to the following URL:

    https://localhost:8181/hello1_formauth/

    The login form displays in the browser, as shown in Figure 25–7.

    Figure 25–7 Form-Based Login Page

    Screen shot of form-based login page showing text fields for user name and password

  2. Type a user name and password combination that corresponds to a user who has already been created in the file realm of the GlassFish Server and has been assigned to the group of TutorialUser.

    Form-based authentication is case sensitive for both the user name and password, so type the user name and password exactly as defined for the GlassFish Server.

  3. Click the Submit button.

    If you entered My_Name as the name and My_Pwd for the password, the server returns the requested resource if all the following conditions are met.

    • A user with the user name My_Name is defined for the GlassFish Server.

    • The user with the user name My_Name has a password My_Pwd defined for the GlassFish Server.

    • The user My_Name with the password My_Pwd is assigned to the group TutorialUser on the GlassFish Server.

    • The role TutorialUser, as defined for the application, is mapped to the group TutorialUser, as defined for the GlassFish Server.

      When these conditions are met and the server has authenticated the user, the application appears.

  4. Type your name and click the Submit button.

    Because you have already been authorized, the name you enter in this step does not have any limitations. You have unlimited access to the application now.

    The application responds by saying “Hello” to you.

Next Steps

For additional testing and to see the login error page generated, close and reopen your browser, type the application URL, and type a user name and password that are not authorized.

Note –

For repetitive testing of this example, you may need to close and reopen your browser. You should also run the ant clean and ant undeploy commands to ensure a fresh build if using the Ant tool, or select Clean and Build then Deploy if using NetBeans IDE.