Authentication in RESTful application on WildFly

Question

I have two apps, server side is based on java with rest easy and client where I'm using angular js.

I used basic authentication where I generated token in first request and all requests used this token, but since I moved project to Wildfly, and there is no Tomcat this way doesn't work.

My class TokenAuthenticator extends BasicAuthenticator from Catalina;

web.xml has:

<login-config>
    <realm-name>App</realm-name>
</login-config>

<security-role>
    <role-name>user</role-name>
</security-role>

and jboss-web.xml:

<jboss-web>
    <security-domain>App</security-domain>
    <valve>
        <class-name>package.TokenAuthenticator</class-name>
    </valve>
    <context-root>/app-server</context-root>
</jboss-web>

In my EJB beans I'm using @RolesAllowed annotation to restrict access to resources.

I read that for now, Wildfly doesn't support valves.

What is my the best alternative?

Answer 1

I've changed my mind and implemented form based authentication, but answering on my previous question, I should write a ServletExtension which adds an AuthenticationMechanism to DeploymentInfo. In AuthenticationMechanism, there is a authenticate() method, which authenticate users. You can find a bit info in Undertow documentation.

Probably (before final) they will allow configuration via XML.