ClearPass Integration - Maven Overlay

Using the bundled CAS server in uPortal you can use the preferred maven overlay approach to integrating the clearPass feature. There is a patch available to accomplish this, below describes the steps to perform the integration after applying the patch. By default, the clearPass feature is not activated.

Step 1: Edit the cas deployerConfigContext.xml file

1. Open the deployerConfigContext.file for editing located at ../uportal-portlets-overlay/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/deployerConfigContext.xml
2. Uncomment the AuthenticationMetaDataPopulators property.

                        </list>
                </property>
       
       <!-- UNCOMMENTED authenticationMetaDataPopulators property -->
       <property name="authenticationMetaDataPopulators">
           <list>
              <bean class="org.jasig.cas3.extensions.clearpass.CacheCredentialsMetaDataPopulator">
                 <constructor-arg index="0" ref="credentialsCache" />
              </bean>
           </list>
        </property>

     </bean>
   
   <bean id="userPasswordDao" class="org.jasig.portal.cas.authentication.handler.support.PortalPersonDirUserPasswordDao"
        p:data-source-ref="dataSource" />

Step 2: Edit the security.properties file

1. Open the security.properties file for editing (located at ../uportal-war/src/main/resources/properties/security.properties)
2. Make the following changes to the file. You'll see that we switched (comment/uncomment) the CasAssertionSecurityContextFactory with PasswordCachingCasAssertionSecurityContextFactory. Also, you will need to uncomment the section where you need to insert the URL of the CAS cleartext password service (...PasswordCachingCasAsserttionSecurityContextFactory.clearPassCasUrl=http://..../cas/clearPass)

## This is the factory that supplies the concrete authentication class
root=org.jasig.portal.security.provider.UnionSecurityContextFactory
#root.cas=org.jasig.portal.security.provider.cas.CasAssertionSecurityContextFactory
root.cas=org.jasig.cas3.extensions.clearpass.integration.uportal.PasswordCachingCasAssertionSecurityContextFactory
root.simple=org.jasig.portal.security.provider.SimpleSecurityContextFactory

.....


## URL of the CAS cleartext password service
##### REPLACE THE URL WITH YOUR CAS SERVER ####
org.jasig.cas3.extensions.clearpass.integration.uportal.PasswordCachingCasAssertionSecurityContextFactory.clearPassCasUrl=http://localhost:8080/cas/clearPass

Step 3: Edit the bundled cas web.xml file

1. Open the web.xml file for editing located at ../uportal-portlets-overlay/cas/src/main.webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml.
2. Uncomment the allowedProxyChains section. (You will probably want to replace the localhost url with your server name)

      <filter>
          <filter-name>CAS Validation Filter</filter-name>
          <filter-class>org.jasig.cas.client.validation.Cas20ProxyReceivingTicketValidationFilter</filter-class>
          <init-param>
              <param-name>casServerUrlPrefix</param-name>
              <param-value>http://localhost:8080/cas</param-value>
          </init-param>
          <init-param>
              <param-name>serverName</param-name>
              <param-value>http://localhost:8080</param-value>
          </init-param>
          <init-param>
              <param-name>exceptionOnValidationFailure</param-name>
              <param-value>false</param-value>
          </init-param>
          <!-- UNCOMMENTED allowedProxyChains  -->
          <init-param>
               <param-name>allowedProxyChains</param-name>
               <param-value>http://localhost:8080/uPortal/CasProxyServlet</param-value>
           </init-param>
          <init-param>
              <param-name>useSession</param-name>
              <param-value>false</param-value>
          </init-param>
          <init-param>
              <param-name>redirectAfterValidation</param-name>
              <param-value>false</param-value>
          </init-param>
      </filter>
   
   

Step 4: Redeploy uPortal

ant clean deploy-ear

Step 5: Restart Tomcat