On Oct 6, 2010, at 12:17 PM, Mike Müller <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Felix Meschberger [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 6:10 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] switching off Basic Auth as default? >> >> Hi, >> >> On 06.10.2010 17:10, Mike Müller wrote: >>>> Without this support, you can pretty easily do something similar with a >>>> component like this: http://gist.github.com/611550 >>> >>> But to end this discussion: I don't think it's worth to fight about if >>> Basic should be enabled or not, but maybe it's worth to think about >>> some possibility to take Sling as it is and put in a single conf file into >>> the jar or the directory to set all defaults like one wants to have them, >>> without having to patch the source code like Ian mentioned (change >>> annotations...) >> >> Basically we have the functionaliyt to overwrite defaults: Its >> configurtion. You can manage them in the Web Console or you can provide >> different defaults using configuration files in the repository or the >> filesystem using the Installer functionality. >> >> IIRC Justin is working on a provider to pack configuration files in the >> Sling Launchpad to have it deployed automatically. > > Thanks fort he hints. > The Web Console is not really helpfully in the case you have 200 > installations ;-)) Your other option is to use JMX from a central management console. If you have 200 nodes, turning off Basic Auth is just one of many management challenges. > What I'm thinking is rather something like Justin is probably working on: > A config file which you can pack into the launchpad... Indeed, but to be clear, the solution I proposed is only for initial/startup configuration. For runtime configuration, JCR Install, File Install, Web Console, and JMX are all more suitable solutions. Justin > Tob e honest I do not know anything about to possibility to achieve this > with JCR installer or files in the file system... apparently I have to look > into this! > > best regards > mike > >
