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README-QUICKSTART for Apache Fortress Rest

  • version 2.0.3

Table of Contents

  • Document Overview
  • SECTION 1. Prerequisites
  • SECTION 2. Configure Tomcat and Deploy Fortress Rest
  • SECTION 3. Load Sample Security Policy
  • SECTION 4. Test

Document Overview

This document contains instructions to deploy a pre-built Apache Fortress Rest web archive (war) to Tomcat and configure the server for its use.


SECTION 1. Prerequisites

Minimum software requirements:


SECTION 2. Configure Tomcat and Deploy Fortress Rest

Set the java system properties in tomcat with the target ldap server's coordinates.

  1. Edit the startup script for Tomcat

  2. Set the java opts

a. For OpenLDAP:

JAVA_OPTS="-Dversion=2.0.3 -Dfortress.admin.user=cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com -Dfortress.admin.pw=secret -Dfortress.config.root=ou=Config,dc=example,dc=com"

b. For ApacheDS:

JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Dfortress.admin.user=uid=admin,ou=system -Dfortress.admin.pw=secret -Dfortress.config.root=ou=Config,dc=example,dc=com -Dfortress.port=10389"
  1. Verify these settings match your target LDAP server.

  2. Download the fortress realm proxy jar into tomcat/lib folder:

wget http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/directory/fortress/fortress-realm-proxy/2.0.3/fortress-realm-proxy-2.0.3.jar -P $TOMCAT_HOME/lib

where TOMCAT_HOME matches your target env.

  1. Download the fortress rest war into tomcat/webapps folder:
wget http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/directory/fortress/fortress-rest/2.0.3/fortress-rest-2.0.3.war -P $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps

where TOMCAT_HOME matches your target env.

  1. Restart Tomcat.

SECTION 3. Load Sample Security Policy

From the fortress core package perform the following steps:

  1. Download the load file from git:
wget https://github.com/apache/directory-fortress-enmasse/blob/master/src/main/resources/FortressRestServerPolicy.xml -P ldap/setup
  1. Run maven install with load file:
mvn install -Dload.file=ldap/setup/FortressRestServerPolicy.xml

Note: This step must be completed before tests can be successfully run.


SECTION 4. Test

  1. Smoke test:
mvn test -Dtest=EmTest
  1. Complete SECTION 7: Alternate testing procedures in Fortress Core README.md

END OF README-QUICKSTART