Establish a basic authenticated HTTP connection

To establish an HTTP connection with basic authentication, enable an outbound connection policy for HTTP basic authentication.

The policy rule settings in the following example code snippet enable an outbound connection policy for HTTP basic authentication. The example assumes the connection http://the_remote_server.com/basic-auth-protected/ is a remote site that is protected by basic authentication.

<policy url="http://the_remote_server.com/basic-auth-protected/*"       basic-auth-support="true">
     <meta-data>
          <name>hpaa.authtype</name>
          <value>http-basic</value>
     </meta-data>
     <meta-data>
          <name>hpaa.slotid</name>
          <value>OutboundConnectionCredentials</value>
     </meta-data>
     <meta-data>
          <name>forward-credentials-from-vault</name>
          <value>true</value>
     </meta-data>
</policy>

The meanings of the settings are as follows:

• The policy attribute basic-auth-support enables the authentication filter.

• The value of the metadata parameter hpaa.authtype specifies the authentication type as HTTP basic authentication.

• The value of hpaa.slotid specifies the slot ID of the credential vault. For instructions about how to provide the user credentials of the remote connection, read Provide user credentials for authenticated connections.

• The metadata setting forward-credentials-from-vault specifies the credentials of the basic authentication are gathered from the Credential Vault.

• Use the parameter hpaa.piid to specify the portlet instance ID for which the credential slot is defined. Optional.

Parent Authenticate outbound HTTP connections