By default, the Pentaho distribution comes with the "in-memory" security data access object (DAO) enabled. Because this is only recommended for testing, you'll want to switch over to either a relational database back-end or an LDAP back-end. This page shows you how to switch to the "JDBC" DAO. The instructions below describe a sample security database using HSQLDB.
Start the database
The security database will need to be running before the first user logs in.
java -cp lib\hsqldb.jar org.hsqldb.Server -database.0 userdb -dbname.0 userdb -port 9002
exit
Create the security tables
The sample Spring XML files (i.e. pentaho.war/WEB-INF/applicationContext-acegi-security-jdbc.xml and pentaho.war/WEB-INF/applicationContext-pentaho-security-jdbc.xml) assume the tables below. If you already have security tables setup, or you wish to alter the sample, you'll need to adjust your SQL queries in the aforementioned Spring XML files.
CREATE SCHEMA PUBLIC AUTHORIZATION DBA
CREATE MEMORY TABLE USERS(USERNAME VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,PASSWORD VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,ENABLED BOOLEAN NOT NULL)
CREATE MEMORY TABLE AUTHORITIES(AUTHORITY VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,DESCRIPTION VARCHAR(100))
CREATE MEMORY TABLE GRANTED_AUTHORITIES(USERNAME VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,AUTHORITY VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,CONSTRAINT FK_GRANTED_AUTHORITIES_USERS FOREIGN KEY(USERNAME) REFERENCES USERS(USERNAME),CONSTRAINT FK_GRANTED_AUTHORITIES_AUTHORITIES FOREIGN KEY(AUTHORITY) REFERENCES AUTHORITIES(AUTHORITY))
CREATE USER SA PASSWORD ""
GRANT DBA TO SA
SET WRITE_DELAY 10
SET SCHEMA PUBLIC
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES('admin','secret',TRUE)
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES('joe','password',TRUE)
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES('pat','password',TRUE)
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES('suzy','password',TRUE)
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES('tiffany','password',TRUE)
INSERT INTO AUTHORITIES VALUES('Admin','Super User')
INSERT INTO AUTHORITIES VALUES('ROLE_ANONYMOUS','User has not logged in')
INSERT INTO AUTHORITIES VALUES('Authenticated','User has logged in')
INSERT INTO AUTHORITIES VALUES('ceo','Chief Executive Officer')
INSERT INTO AUTHORITIES VALUES('cto','Chief Technology Officer')
INSERT INTO AUTHORITIES VALUES('dev','Developer')
INSERT INTO AUTHORITIES VALUES('devmgr','Development Manager')
INSERT INTO AUTHORITIES VALUES('is','Information Services')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('joe','Admin')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('joe','ceo')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('joe','Authenticated')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('suzy','cto')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('suzy','is')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('suzy','Authenticated')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('pat','dev')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('pat','Authenticated')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('tiffany','dev')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('tiffany','devmgr')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('tiffany','Authenticated')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('admin','Admin')
INSERT INTO GRANTED_AUTHORITIES VALUES('admin','Authenticated')
Stop the database
When you shutdown your application server, you'll want to shutdown the security database as well. The command to do that is below.
java -cp lib\hsqldb.jar org.hsqldb.util.ShutdownServer -url "jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9002/userdb" -user "sa" -password ""
exit