[jboss-user] Re: Securing JBoss jmx-console and web-console for JBoss 4.0

[samk at twinix.com]

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How to encrypt the password for jmx-console and web-console?

I use the follow command to encrypt the password. But where should I put the encrypted password? What changes do I need to make?

java -cp lib\jboss-common.jar;server\default\lib\jbosssx.jar;server\default\lib\jboss-jca.jar org.jboss.resource.security.SecureIdentityLoginModule production


Thanks!

In Response To: 

Out of the box jmx-console and the web console are accessable to anyone who can access your server via
the following url: http://yourserver:8080/jmx-console. The good news is that both jmx-console and web-console
are standard servlet so they can be protected easily by enabling the security-constraint. Our example
uses the default server model.

1. edit \server\default\deploy\jmx-console.war\WEB-INF\web.xml and uncomment the security-constraint

<!-- A security constraint that restricts access to the HTML JMX console
   to users with the role JBossAdmin. Edit the roles to what you want and
   uncomment the WEB-INF/jboss-web.xml/security-domain element to enable
   secured access to the HTML JMX console. -->

   <security-constraint>
     <web-resource-collection>
       <web-resource-name>HtmlAdaptor</web-resource-name>
       <description>An example security config that only allows users with the
         role JBossAdmin to access the HTML JMX console web application
       </description>
       <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
       <http-method>GET</http-method>
       <http-method>POST</http-method>
     </web-resource-collection>
     <auth-constraint>
       <role-name>JBossAdmin</role-name>
     </auth-constraint>
   </security-constraint>
  

   <login-config>
      <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
      <realm-name>JBoss JMX Console</realm-name>
   </login-config>

   <security-role>
      <role-name>JBossAdmin</role-name>
   </security-role>

2. Edit \server\default\deploy\jmx-console.war\WEB-INF\jboss-web.xml. Uncomment the following block:

<jboss-web>
   <!-- Uncomment the security-domain to enable security. You will
      need to edit the htmladaptor login configuration to setup the
      login modules used to authentication users.-->
      <security-domain>java:/jaas/jmx-console</security-domain>
   
</jboss-web>

3. Edit \server\default\conf\props\jmx-console-roles.properties
  
4. Edit \server\default\conf\props\jmx-console-users.properties

The only change above should be to jmx-console-users.properties, i.e, set a password.

5. While you are in directory make copies of the two jmx-console properties files and call them web-console-roles.properties
and web-console-users.prperties respectively. 

6. The property files for web-console currently exist under \server\default\deploy\management\console-mgr.sar\web-console.war\WEB-INF\classes.
I would rename these files.

7. edit \server\default\conf\login-config.xml

<application-policy name = "web-console">
       <authentication>
          <login-module code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.UsersRolesLoginModule"
             flag = "required">
             <module-option name="usersProperties">props/web-console-users.properties</module-option>
             <module-option name="rolesProperties">props/web-console-roles.properties</module-option>
          </login-module>
       </authentication>
    </application-policy

In the above you need to add the props/ because this is missing in the original file. If you do not do
this the login procedure will look for the properties file under 
web-console.war\WEB-INF\classes and if you have not renamed the properties file there it will try and
use those.

Remember to bounce JBoss after you are done.