How to configure tomcatAuthentication in JBoss EAP 6?

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Issue

  • How can I configure tomcatAuthentication attribute on Connector in JBoss EAP 6?
  • I have an application on JBoss that sits behind Apache httpd which performs the authentication. I would like to forward the authenticated requests onto EAP 6 using the AJP connector so that JBoss performs only the authorization. This is similar to the issue described by AS7-1581.
  • I have set up IIS with integrated windows authentication and isapi to connect with JBoss EAP 6. I want to use request.getRemoteUser to return the user authenticated in IIS.
  • How to configure to allow JBoss to bypass its authentication and correctly populate getRemoteUser and getUserPrincipal from authentication information on the front-end Apache?
  • We want to have the authentication at Apache and the authorization at JBoss should happen within a login module / mapping module.Is that possible?

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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