Perhaps sharing exactly how you'd like to implement this would help.
On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 7:12 PM, James Yong <jamesy...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to revisit this issue. Specifically on whether implementing > Tomcat SSO to avoid using externalLoginKey is a sound approach. Thanks. > > Regards, > James Yong > > On 2017-05-05 18:02, Taher Alkhateeb <slidingfilame...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've been contemplating this for a while, but it is not an easy task. >> Essentially, we need to fully refactor the Catalina Container and do a lot >> of cleanup to reverse the way OFBiz is deployed to be a single web >> application, not multiple web applications mapped to a single servlet >> container as is the architecture at the moment. >> >> For this to happen, we need to do many things: >> 1- Complete the refactoring of all containers to get the new signature of >> OfbizCommand argument list >> 2- Redesign the container so that everything is loaded once as a single >> webapp through one master servlet. This would have the advantage of being >> able to deploy OFBiz as a single WAR archive to be deployed in any servlet >> container >> 3- Redesign all components (if needed) to comply with this new architecture >> >> This is one of the things I've been dabbling with lately, but it's bigger >> than I expected. The code in the catalina container is very spaghetti like >> at the moment. >> >> So, I would say it's a good idea, but needs lots of cleanup / refactoring >> work first if you want to have a good chance of succeeding in >> implementation. Without a proper cleanup you might get a bit overwhelmed in >> trying to navigate the code maze :) So good luck. >> >> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 12:12 PM, James Yong <jamesy...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I would like to propose using the Single Sign On mechanism in Tomcat. >> > Once implemented, there is no necessity for the externalLoginKey, >> > or to indicate "intra-app" to target-type attribute. >> > >> > Any issue before i start working on a POC? >> > >> > Regards, >> > James Yong >> > >>
