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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
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+
+<section id="Java-Broker-Security-Group-Providers">
+ <title>Configuring Group Providers</title>
+ <para>
+ The Java broker utilises GroupProviders to allow assigning users to groups for use in <link linkend="Java-Broker-Security-ACLs">ACLs</link>. Following authentication by a given <link linkend="Java-Broker-Security-Authentication-Providers">Authentication Provider</link>, the configured Group Providers are consulted to allowing assignment of GroupPrincipals for a given authenticated user.
+ </para>
+
+
+ <section role="h3" id="File-Group-Manager">
+ <title>FileGroupManager</title>
+ <para>
+ The FileGroupManager allows specifying group membership in a flat file on disk, and is also exposed for inspection and update through the brokers HTTP management interface.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To enable the FileGroupManager, add the following configuration to the config.xml, adjusting the groupFile attribute value to match your desired groups file location.
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting><![CDATA[
+ ...
+ <security>
+ <file-group-manager>
+ <attributes>
+ <attribute>
+ <name>groupFile</name>
+ <value>${conf}/groups</value>
+ </attribute>
+ </attributes>
+ </file-group-manager>
+ </security>]]>
+ ...
+</programlisting>
+
+ <section role="h4" id="File-Group-Manager-FileFormat">
+ <title>File Format</title>
+ <para>
+ The groups file has the following format:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ # &lt;GroupName&gt;.users = &lt;comma deliminated user list&gt;
+ # For example:
+
+ administrators.users = admin,manager
+</programlisting>
+ <para>
+ Only users can be added to a group currently, not other groups. Usernames can't contain commas.
+ </para><para>
+ Lines starting with a '#' are treated as comments when opening the file, but these are not preserved when the broker updates the file due to changes made through the management interface.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+</section>