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6.8.2. Enabling Role-Based Access Control

By default the Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) system is disabled. It is enabled by changing the provider attribute from simple to rbac. This can be done using the Management CLI or by editing the server configuration XML file if the server is offline. When RBAC is disabled or enabled on a running server, the server configuration must be reloaded before it takes effect.
Once enabled it can only be disabled by a user of the Administrator or SuperUser roles. By default the Management CLI runs as the SuperUser role if it is run on the same machine as the server.

Procedure 6.1. Enabling RBAC

  • To enable RBAC with the Management CLI, use the write-attribute operation of the access authorization resource to set the provider attribute to rbac. 
    /core-service=management/access=authorization:write-attribute(name=provider, value=rbac)
    [standalone@localhost:9999 /] /core-service=management/access=authorization:write-attribute(name=provider, value=rbac)
{
    "outcome" => "success",
    "response-headers" => {
        "operation-requires-reload" => true,
        "process-state" => "reload-required"
    }
}
[standalone@localhost:9999 /] /:reload
{
    "outcome" => "success",
    "result" => undefined
}

Procedure 6.2. Disabling RBAC

  • To disable RBAC with the Management CLI, use the write-attribute operation of the access authorization resource to set the provider attribute to simple. 
    /core-service=management/access=authorization:write-attribute(name=provider, value=simple)
    [standalone@localhost:9999 /] /core-service=management/access=authorization:write-attribute(name=provider, value=simple)
{
    "outcome" => "success",
    "response-headers" => {
        "operation-requires-reload" => true,
        "process-state" => "reload-required"
    }
}
[standalone@localhost:9999 /] /:reload
{
    "outcome" => "success",
    "result" => undefined
}
If the server is offline the XML configuration can be edited to enabled or disable RBAC. To do this, edit the provider attribute of the access-control element of the management element. Set the value to rbac to enable, and simple to disable. 
<management>

        <access-control provider="rbac">
            <role-mapping>
                <role name="SuperUser">
                    <include>
                        <user name="$local"/>
                    </include>
                </role>
            </role-mapping>
        </access-control>

    </management>
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