Java User Account Management Solutions

Question

I am currently working on a Java web application that relies on a permission mechanism to manage user content. This, of course, means that we need to manage users. Our current user management system is an internal system that manages information about users, groups, and users and permissions in an RDBMS. The system works, but it is a hassle to maintain. I would like to find a way to simplify things.

It seems that user management packages should usually be used there on an Internet machine, given that user management is a major part of the functionality of many web applications. What solution do you use to manage users? It looks like something like Spring Security Pack may work, but I would like to get an idea of ​​what is available before locking myself into Spring Security.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You are looking for something like LDAP or Active Directory to manage your users. You must use Spring Security to apply / secure information stored in LDAP. Pretty sure that you can configure any application server to use LDAP for basic authentication and authorization functions out of the box.