The UI configuration comes from "topologies/manager.xml". If you look at the manager.xml, it can reference configurations in the global "conf/gateway-site.xml" if it wants to. Topologies don't need to though. You could technically move the group config stuff from "conf/gateway-site.xml" to the manager.xml file.
The example topologies that ship with Knox show that it is possible to configure some settings in "conf/gateway-site.xml" but it is not necessary. The example is one you already referenced which is the group lookup: * https://github.com/apache/knox/blob/master/gateway-release/home/conf/gateway-site.xml#L94 * https://github.com/apache/knox/blob/master/gateway-release/home/conf/topologies/manager.xml#L60 Kevin Risden On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 11:33 AM Odon Copon <odonco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > Thank for the clarification. > What do you mean by "One of those is the group configurations"? Would be > possible to provide an example? > > Based on your comment, does it mean the LDAP configuration to access the > UI comes from "conf/gateway-site.xml"? > > Thanks! > > On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 16:16, > Kevin Risden > <kris...@apache.org> wrote: > >> "conf/gateway-site.xml" has configurations that are global to the entire >> Knox instance. >> >> "topologies/abc.xml" are configurations specific to the topology. The >> topologies can reference some configurations in the global >> "conf/gateway-site.xml". One of those is the group configurations. This >> would be useful to say have multiple topologies not have to repeat the same >> configuration over and over again. On the other hand, you can so choose to >> duplicate the configuration in each topology. >> >> Kevin Risden >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 11:13 AM Odon Copon <odonco...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> What are the main differences between "conf/gateway-site.xml", >>> "topologies/manager.xml" and "topologies/admin.xml"? >>> I'm still trying to understand how all work together in Knox. >>> >>> Per example, I can see there's a section for LDAP configuration on >>> "topologies/admin.xml" but also as part of "conf/gateway-site.xml". Which >>> one affects what exactly? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>
