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JPA-RS Security

JPA-RS does not implement any security within its service methods. Users wishing to use JPA-RS within production application should secure access to the JPA-RS services using standard URL pattern security policies. This page illustrates how this can be done.

Securing JPA-RS in GlassFish

The following is an example of how JPA-RS can be secured within an application using standard Java EE configuration combined with the server specific security.

The web application that adds JPA-RS through its inclusion as a web-fragment by placing the JPA-RS libraryy in WEB-INF/lib can also augment their web.xml to control access to the JPA-RS service. An example of this woul look like:

<!-- Securing JPA-RS  -->
<security-constraint>
	<display-name>JPA-RS Security</display-name>
	<web-resource-collection>
		<web-resource-name>JPARSPermissions</web-resource-name>
		<url-pattern>/persistence/*</url-pattern>
		<http-method>GET</http-method>
		<http-method>PUT</http-method>
		<http-method>POST</http-method>
		<http-method>DELETE</http-method>
	</web-resource-collection>
	<auth-constraint>
		<role-name>JPA-RS</role-name>
	</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
<login-config>
	<auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
	<realm-name>file</realm-name>
</login-config>
<security-role>
	<role-name>JPA-RS</role-name>
</security-role>

This configuration will limit all access to JPA-RS to container configured users who have the JPA-RS security role.

GlassFish: sun-web.xml

Within the GlassFish server the additional mapping from Java EE security role to the GlassFish secuity group is required.

<security-role-mapping>
	<role-name>JPA-RS</role-name>
	<group-name>JPA-RS</group-name>
</security-role-mapping>