Setting up HTTP Basic Authentication

[cbotiza]

Hi,
Can someone provide a concise example on how do I set up Acegi+Spring in order to protect some http resources using HTTP Basic Authentication? I already have an AuthenticationManager implementation which validates credentials using an external datasource. Bu i just cant wire things up with all the Acegi Filters.

[Ben Alex]

The Contacts Sample uses the Basic authentication mechanism to process credentials. That shows the correct filter ordering. You can optionally remove a whole lot of the other filters, like remember-me, anonymouse and authenticationProcessingFilter. In the end you'll need:

	<bean id="filterChainProxy" class="net.sf.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy">
      <property name="filterInvocationDefinitionSource">
         <value>
		    CONVERT_URL_TO_LOWERCASE_BEFORE_COMPARISON
		    PATTERN_TYPE_APACHE_ANT
            /**=httpSessionContextIntegrationFilter,basicProcessingFilter,securityEnforcementFilter
         </value>
      </property>
    </bean>