Introduction to shiro's native and the default http session

Currently I've been working on a project that uses shiro for authentication and authorization. I can say that aside from the fact that it doesn't support jsf, it's a very useful tool.

This page contains codes that will help you in configuring your project to enable both the default http  and shiro's native session.

1.) web.xml - enable shiro filter:

<listener>
 <listener-class>org.apache.shiro.web.env.EnvironmentLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>

<filter>
 <filter-name>ShiroFilter</filter-name>
 <filter-class>org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.ShiroFilter</filter-class>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
 <filter-name>ShiroFilter</filter-name>
 <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
 <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
 <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
 <dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
 <dispatcher>ERROR</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>

2.) Enable default Http session in shiro.ini:

[main]
saltedJdbcRealm = com.czetsuya.commons.web.security.shiro.JdbcRealmImpl

# any object property is automatically configurable in Shiro.ini file
saltedJdbcRealm.jndiDataSourceName = dropshipDS 

# the realm should handle also authorization
saltedJdbcRealm.permissionsLookupEnabled = true

# If not filled, subclasses of JdbcRealm assume "select password from users where username  =  ?"
# first result column is password, second result column is salt 
saltedJdbcRealm.authenticationQuery  =  SELECT password, salt FROM crm_users WHERE disabled = false AND username = ?

# If not filled, subclasses of JdbcRealm assume "select role_name from user_roles where username  =  ?"
saltedJdbcRealm.userRolesQuery  =  SELECT name FROM crm_roles a INNER JOIN crm_user_roles b ON a.id = b.role_id INNER JOIN crm_users c ON c.id = b.user_id WHERE c.username = ?

# If not filled, subclasses of JdbcRealm assume "select permission from roles_permissions where role_name  =  ?"
saltedJdbcRealm.permissionsQuery  =  SELECT action FROM crm_permissions WHERE role = ?

# password hashing specification, put something big for hasIterations
sha256Matcher = org.apache.shiro.authc.credential.HashedCredentialsMatcher
sha256Matcher.hashAlgorithmName = SHA-256
sha256Matcher.hashIterations = 1
saltedJdbcRealm.credentialsMatcher = $sha256Matcher
securityManager.realms = $saltedJdbcRealm

cacheManager = org.apache.shiro.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManager 
cacheManager.cacheManagerConfigFile = classpath:ehcache.xml
securityManager.cacheManager = $cacheManager

dsFilter = org.apache.shiro.web.filter.authc.PassThruAuthenticationFilter
dsFilter.loginUrl = /login.xhtml

roles = com.czetsuya.commons.web.security.shiro.RolesAuthorizationFilter

[urls]
/login.xhtml = dsFilter
/backend/** = dsFilter, roles[backend]
/affiliate/** = dsFilter, roles[affiliate]
/api/** = noSessionCreation, dsFilter
/logout = logout

3.) Enable shiro's native session:

[main]
saltedJdbcRealm = com.czetsuya.commons.web.security.shiro.JdbcRealmImpl

# any object property is automatically configurable in Shiro.ini file
saltedJdbcRealm.jndiDataSourceName = dummyDS 

# the realm should handle also authorization
saltedJdbcRealm.permissionsLookupEnabled = true

# If not filled, subclasses of JdbcRealm assume "select password from users where username  =  ?"
# first result column is password, second result column is salt 
saltedJdbcRealm.authenticationQuery  =  SELECT password, salt FROM crm_users WHERE disabled = false AND username = ?

# If not filled, subclasses of JdbcRealm assume "select role_name from user_roles where username  =  ?"
saltedJdbcRealm.userRolesQuery  =  SELECT name FROM crm_roles a INNER JOIN crm_user_roles b ON a.id = b.role_id INNER JOIN crm_users c ON c.id = b.user_id WHERE c.username = ?

# If not filled, subclasses of JdbcRealm assume "select permission from roles_permissions where role_name  =  ?"
saltedJdbcRealm.permissionsQuery  =  SELECT action FROM crm_permissions WHERE role = ?

# password hashing specification, put something big for hasIterations
sha256Matcher = org.apache.shiro.authc.credential.HashedCredentialsMatcher
sha256Matcher.hashAlgorithmName = SHA-256
sha256Matcher.hashIterations = 1
saltedJdbcRealm.credentialsMatcher = $sha256Matcher
securityManager.realms = $saltedJdbcRealm

sessionDAO = org.apache.shiro.session.mgt.eis.EnterpriseCacheSessionDAO
sessionDAO.activeSessionsCacheName = dropship-activeSessionCache

sessionManager = org.apache.shiro.web.session.mgt.DefaultWebSessionManager
sessionManager.sessionDAO = $sessionDAO
#sessionManager.sessionIdCookie.domain = com.sido
# 1,800,000 milliseconds = 30 mins
#sessionManager.globalSessionTimeout = 1800000

sessionValidationScheduler = org.apache.shiro.session.mgt.ExecutorServiceSessionValidationScheduler
# 1,800,000 milliseconds = 30 mins
sessionValidationScheduler.interval = 1800000
sessionManager.sessionValidationScheduler = $sessionValidationScheduler

securityManager.sessionManager = $sessionManager 

cacheManager = org.apache.shiro.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManager 
cacheManager.cacheManagerConfigFile = classpath:ehcache.xml
securityManager.cacheManager = $cacheManager

sidoFilter = org.apache.shiro.web.filter.authc.PassThruAuthenticationFilter
sidoFilter.loginUrl = /login.xhtml
# logout.redirectUrl = /login.xhtml

[urls]
/login.xhtml = sidoFilter
/secure/** = sidoFilter
/api/** = noSessionCreation, sidoFilter
# /logout = logout