Hybrid LDAP and Tomcat
As described in this article (https://jazz.net/library/article/604/) we would like to be able to use a "hybrid" approach of using LDAP in combination with a file based (local store) to configure User authentication and authorization.
We would like to be able to do this with However, it appears(??) that to use Tomcat for this "hybrid" approach we will need to use the CombinedRealm provided in Tomcat6. The RTC 3.0.1 release is using Tomcat 5.5 (although Tomcat 6 was released 4 years ago and Tomcat7 has recently been released). Are there any plans to upgrade Jazz to Tomcat 7 or Tomcat 6? Is it possible to federate access to the LDAP store with the JAZZ 3.0.1 release? |
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Ralph Schoon (63.1k●3●36●46)
| answered Jun 22 '11, 3:55 a.m.
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Hi Laura,
looking at the system requirements https://jazz.net/library/article/632 it says: Apache Tomcat 5.5.30 + The +, I think, indicates higher versions of tomcat would also work but 5.5.30 is bundled. You might even be able to try Tomcat 6 or 7. You would probably have to deploy the additional files and most likely also adjust the server start up files etc. I am not sure how hard it would be. So I would suggest to create the work item anyway. Comments I will submit a work item and also <i:afafbb666c>try</i:afafbb666c> to test with Tomcat 6.
Ralph Schoon
commented Jun 22 '11, 10:39 a.m.
| edited Mar 29 '13, 10:53 a.m.
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I will submit a work item and also <i:b5623e287f>try</i:b5623e287f> to test with Tomcat 6.
Using WAS is a major change to our production systems and process and is really only a last resort.
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There is a related forum post here where the following information was provided:
- since v6, Tomcat supports CombinedRealm and - in CLM 4.0.x, Tomcat v7 is supported. This Tomcat documentation could help you. Haven't experienced it myself. You could experience this approach on a 4.0 test environment first to check it answers to your needs and - depending of the outcome - envision for an upgrade of your 3.0.1.X environment. Regards, Stéphane |
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Hi Laura,
I would suggest to create a work item to express your desire and make development aware of it. Please post the work item here so that I can subscribe and add to the case, one of my customers would like to see this as well and I was not aware that newer versions of Tomcat could do that. I didn't find a hint when I was searching for it.