Authentication of Pentaho Users of custom WebApp on BI Server

[stijn wuyts]

I have created a simple servlet outside the pentaho folder whose job is the stream an excel to the browser. I have the following structure:

tomcat/webapps/pentaho
tomcat/webapps/createExcel

How can I protect access to this servlet only to pentaho authenticated users?

I read:
http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/Serv...vices+Security
https://help.pentaho.com/Documentati...R0/070/010/00A

but I don't understand how to execute only when valid pentaho user is logged in.

Can you guide me with java code...?

[pamval]

Wouldn't it be easier to deploy that servlet as part of the pentaho web application?
That way I think you get the authentication for free.

[stijn wuyts]

Could you please help me understand how to do this. I created a folder classes under webapps/pentaho/WEB-INF and configured web.xml in the same folder to point to my classes and

<servlet>
<display-name>createExcel</display-name>
<servlet-name>createExcel</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>net.codejava.upload.CreateExcel</servlet-class>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>createExcel</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/createExcel</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>


<servlet>
<display-name>DownloadFile</display-name>
<servlet-name>DownloadFile</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>net.codejava.upload.DownloadFile</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>DownloadFile</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/DownloadFile</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

But it always shows the unavailable.html ...

[pamval]

Check the tomcat logs for further info. Your configuration seems correct at a first glance.

You can also check tomcat docs to understand whether you need something else in the web.xml configuration