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titleExcerpt from web.xml
 <login-config>
      <auth-method>CLIENT-CERT</auth-method>
      <realm-name>Not Required for CLIENT-CERT</realm-name>
</login-config>

where

  • <auth-method>CLIENT-CERT</auth-method>: suggests that the auth-method is set to CLIENT-CERT and thus, the certificate properties file realm is used for client authentication.

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titleExcerpt from geronimo-web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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<web-app   xmlns="http://geronimo.apache.org/xml/ns/j2ee/web-1.1">

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<context-root>/Sample_CertificatePropsRealm</context-root>

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    <security-realm-name>CertificatePropsRealm</security-realm-name>

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    <security>
      <principal class="org.apache.geronimo.security.realm.providers.

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	GeronimoUserPrincipal"

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	name="client1"/>

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	<!-- name should match the entries from cert-users.properties of the realm -->

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    </default-principal>

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    <role-mappings>

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      <role role-name="content-administrator">

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        <realm realm-name="CertificatePropsRealm">

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          <principal class="org.apache.geronimo.security.realm.providers.GeronimoGroupPrincipal"

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		name="admin" designated-run-as="true"/>

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		<!-- name should match the entries from cert-groups.properties of the realm -->

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          <principal class="org.apache.geronimo.security.realm.providers.

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		GeronimoUserPrincipal" name="client1"/>

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               </realm>

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            </role>

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        </role-mappings>

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    </security>

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</web-app>

where
*<security-realm-name>CertificatePropsRealm</security-realm-name>:CertificatePropsRealm is the properties file security realm used for client authentication.

You can install a client certificate into the web browser to authenticate against Web servers. The client certificate should be based on the information provided in the group and user properties files.

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