User source
All access data (users and passwords) required for authentication are stored in the user database (user source). The user source is configured via the Admin Portal under "User source". In addition to the local user source, external user sources such as
are also available for configuration.
The user source is used when logging in via local authorization using POST /authentication/user/login API {REST}
Example: Requesting an access token by local login for the REST API:
curl -X POST -i -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' http://localhost:8080/webPDF/rest/authentication/user/login
With the "Authorization" header the user is logged in via "Basic" and "admin:admin" (BASE64 encoded "YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=") and his user data is checked against the configured user source.
This registration is
a) for the portal and
b) for the web services
used.
Default user source
After installation, an XML user database is used. If you use webPDF's default installation option, the user database will be located in "conf/users.xml." and can be configured via the Admin Portal under "Users".
The default database has a user called "admin" ("admin" group) with the password "admin“ and a user called “user” (“user” group) with the password “user”.