Apache Fortress (Open-Source Project)

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Last updated: 26-49-2021
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Apache Fortress

Open-Source Project

Description

Apache Fortress Overview

FORTRESS is a standards-based authorization system, that provides role-based access control, delegated administration and password policy services using an LDAP backend.

What’s in it?

Included are the following components:

- Core - Java Authorization SDK
- Realm - Java EE security for Apache Tomcat
- Rest - HTTP protocol wrappers for the APIs using Apache CXF
- Web - HTML pages and framework for the APIs using Apache Wicket

It’s released under terms of the Apache License 2.0.

How Does It Work?

Fortress is a Role-Based Access Control security system. It uses a directory server to store the information about users, roles, permissions, etc. Out-of-the-box it supports either ApacheDS or OpenLDAP servers but works with any LDAPv3 compliant system.

(https://directory.apache.org/fortress/overview.html, accessed 26 May 2021)

Key Links

Website

https://directory.apache.org/fortress/

Documentation

https://directory.apache.org/fortress/overview.html

Download

https://directory.apache.org/fortress/downloads.html

Git

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