[jetty-users] Apache mod_proxy_http and REMOTE_USER

[Kevin Regan <k.regan@xxxxxx>]

 

I’m accessing Jetty through Apache using mod_proxy_http.  Apache handles the authentication and sets several headers that are passed to Jetty:

 

May 2, 2012 11:29:20 AM com.sun.jersey.api.container.filter.LoggingFilter filter

INFO: 5 * Server in-bound request

5 > GET http://localhost:8080/api/rs/em/

5 > REMOTE_USER: admin

5 > X-Forwarded-User: admin

…

5 > REMOTE-USER: admin

…

 

I can access these variables through the HttpServletRequest.getHeader() method.  However, I would like HttpServletRequest.getRemoteUser() (and javax.ws.rs.SecurityContext) to work (it currently returns NULL).  Is there a configuration setting necessary to map the appropriate HTTP header so that Jetty uses it as the authenticated user?

 

This works with mod_proxy_ajp (without forwarding the headers) as the remoteUser is passed to Jetty and set properly.

 

Sincerely,

Kevin Regan