Hi Leslie
No, LDAP is not the only way. As an example, you can use Basic Auth with
Open Layers, look here
http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Load-GeoServer-WMS-secured-layers-with-OpenLayers-td3919938.html
There are other possibilities beyond the proposals from Mauro.
J2EE Authentication
Digest Auth
Proxy Auth
Certilficates
It depends on your requirements.
Christian
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Leslie Purgason
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am also interested in using an authentication to connect a website to
> GeoServer layers. Would LDAP be the only way to use the layers in a web map
> built with OpenLayers? I have users and roles already in place in GeoServer
> and I would like the the users to log in from the web site and connect with
> the layers they have been assigned. I only need them to be able to view and
> query the layers in the application, no write access.
>
> I am fairly new to the authentication and the server side of things and
> would like to learn more about it. Can you point me to any tutorials or
> individuals that may be able to help with this?
>
> -Leslie
>
>
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