We can implement SSO between a traditional web application and non-web applications such as RESTful web services. This example shows sample code for implementing single sign-on between a web application and RESTful web services. Below is the configuration in the filespring-security.xml
<security:http create-session="never" use-expressions="true"
auto-config="false"
entry-point-ref="preAuthenticatedProcessingFilterEntryPoint" >
<security:intercept-url pattern="/**" access="permitAll"/>
<security:intercept-url pattern="/admin/**" access="hasRole('tomcat')"/>
<security:intercept-url pattern="/**" access="hasRole('tomcat')"/>
<security:custom-filter position="PRE_AUTH_FILTER" ref="preAuthFilter"/>
<security:session-management session-fixation-protection="none"/>
</security:http>
<bean id="preAuthenticatedProcessingFilterEntryPoint"
class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.Http403ForbiddenEntryPoint"/>
<bean id="preAuthFilter"
class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.preauth.j2ee.J2eePreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter">
<property name="authenticationManager" ref="appControlAuthenticationManager"/>
<property name="authenticationDetailsSource"
ref="j2eeBasedPreAuthenticatedWebAuthenticationDetailsSource"/>
</bean>
<security:authentication-manager alias="appControlAuthenticationManager">
<security:authentication-provider ref="preAuthenticatedAuthenticationProvider"/>
</security:authentication-manager>
<bean id="preAuthenticatedAuthenticationProvider"
class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.preauth.PreAuthenticatedAuthenticationProvider">
<property name="preAuthenticatedUserDetailsService" ref="inMemoryAuthenticationUserDetailsService"/>
</bean>
<bean id="j2eeBasedPreAuthenticatedWebAuthenticationDetailsSource"
class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.preauth.j2ee.J2eeBasedPreAuthenticatedWebAuthenticationDetailsSource">
<property name="mappableRolesRetriever" ref="webXmlMappableAttributesRetriever"/>
<property name="userRoles2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper" ref="simpleAttributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper"/>
</bean>
<bean id="webXmlMappableAttributesRetriever"
class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.preauth.j2ee.WebXmlMappableAttributesRetriever"/>
<bean id="simpleAttributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper"
class="org.springframework.security.core.authority.mapping.SimpleAttributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper">
<property name="attributePrefix" value=""/>
</bean>
<bean id="inMemoryAuthenticationUserDetailsService"
class="com.org.InMemoryAuthenticationUserDetailsService"/>
The above code is in the web application. Also, the same code can be in the spring security file of the xml security REST project. Add the following code to the file web.xml:
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Wildcard means whole app requires authentication</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
<http-method>GET</http-method>
<http-method>POST</http-method>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>
<role-name>tomcat</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
<user-data-constraint>
<transport-guarantee>NONE</transport-guarantee>
</user-data-constraint>
</security-constraint>
<login-config>
<auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
<form-login-config>
<form-login-page>/login.jsp</form-login-page>
<form-error-page>/error.jsp</form-error-page>
</form-login-config>
</login-config>
The above code should only be in a regular web application. Then enable the SSO valve in the tomcat file server.xml. Tomcat uses a cookie-based SSO login. Session IDs are stored in cookies. If your browser has disabled cookies, SSO will not work.
Hope this explanation helps.