In my current web application I am trying to get rid of web.xml and I have not been able to properly setup the security constraint that forces all requests to the application to use HTTPS.
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>all</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<user-data-constraint>
<transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
</user-data-constraint>
</security-constraint>
How can I turn the above web.xml configuration snippet in servlet 3.x configuration code that does the same thing?
UPDATE
I want the constraint to apply to every servlet, filter, and static resource in application, the examples I have seen online so far show to attach a security constraint to a servlet, but I want the security constraint attached to the web app. In the xml snippet above you see that it does not reference any specific servlet
I believe you are looking for the @ServletSecurity
annotation
@WebServlet(urlPatterns = "/*")
@ServletSecurity(value = @HttpConstraint(transportGuarantee = TransportGuarantee.CONFIDENTIAL))
public class SomeServlet extends HttpServlet { ... }
Or with ServletRegistration
in a ServletContainerInitializer
(or anywhere you have access to a ServletContext
)
ServletRegistration.Dynamic dynamic = context.addServlet("someServlet", SomeServlet.class);
dynamic.addMapping("/*");
HttpConstraintElement httpConstraintElement = new HttpConstraintElement(TransportGuarantee.CONFIDENTIAL);
ServletSecurityElement servletSecurityElement = new ServletSecurityElement(httpConstraintElement);
dynamic.setServletSecurity(servletSecurityElement);
I was able to do this for a project by configuring the glassfish domain security:
- Create a new security domain, in this example call it: FooRealm
- Add users w (or w/o) passwords to FooRealm
- Add each user to "GroupFoo"
That covers your glassfish config, here is your web.xml:
<security-constraint>
<display-name>SecurityConstraint</display-name>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Everything</web-resource-name>
<description>Everything</description>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>
<description>UserAuthenticationConstraint</description>
<role-name>GroupFoo</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
<login-config>
<auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
<realm-name>FooRealm</realm-name>
<form-login-config>
<form-login-page>/Login.jsp</form-login-page>
<form-error-page>/LoginError.html</form-error-page>
</form-login-config>
</login-config>