[keycloak-user] KeycloakSecurityContext returns NULL using Tomcat Adapter

Stian Thorgersen sthorger at redhat.com
Thu Feb 18 08:12:02 EST 2016


This is down to the fact that there are differences between different
containers. In reality you can only guarantee that KeycloakSecurityContext
as long as the request requires authentication. Add a security-constraint
for movies and you're fine.

On 18 February 2016 at 12:50, LEONARDO NUNES <leo.nunes at gjccorp.com.br>
wrote:

> Stian,
>
> I have an application deployed on Tomcat 7 using the Tomcat Adapter.
> When i'm logged in and I go to a non-secured URL, KeycloakSecurityContext
> returns null.
> I deployed the same application to the Keycloak Standalone Server, there I
> don't have this problem.
>
> At Tomcat the code below returns null when called from /movies/, and works
> when called from /article/
> At Keycloak Standalone Server /movies/ and /article/ works fine.
> (KeycloakSecurityContext)
> request.getAttribute(KeycloakSecurityContext.class.getName());
>
> Why is this happening?
>
> In my web.xml I have only one security-constraint securing /article/*
>
> WEB.XML:
> <security-constraint>
>     <web-resource-collection>
>         <web-resource-name>Articles</web-resource-name>
>         <url-pattern>/article/*</url-pattern>
>     </web-resource-collection>
>     <auth-constraint>
>         <role-name>user</role-name>
>     </auth-constraint>
> </security-constraint>
>
>
> --
> Leonardo Nunes
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