Configure Custom PostAuthentication Filter in Spotfire® Server

Introduction

Below are the steps to be followed to build, deploy and configure a custom PostAuthenticationFilter on Spotfire^® Server.

Build and Deploy

1. Copy spotfire-public-java-api.jar from <installation directory>\tomcat\webapps\spotfire\web-inf\lib  and add it to your Java build path
2. Create a Post Authentication Filter implementing the PostAuthenticationFilter interface
3. Compile the source code and build a JAR file
4. Copy the JAR file from the previous step and deploy it to <installation directory>\tomcat\custom-ext

Configuration

1. Open Spotfire Server Configuration Tool and go to the "Post Authentication Filter" tab on left panel under the "Configuration" tab
2. In the "Custom filter class" field, enter the fully qualified class name of your Post Authentication Filter
3. In the "Initialization parameters" table, enter any parameters needed by your Post Authentication Filter
4. Save the configuration
5. Restart the server

References

• PostAuthenticationFilter
• Enable Custom Logging

License: TIBCO BSD-Style License

custompostauthenticationfilter.zip