Awesome!! thanks for the clues. It works! Final configuration is something like this:
<route> <from uri="direct:ntcs.powerservice.queue"/> <setHeader headerName="Content-Type"> <constant>application/xml</constant> </setHeader> <setHeader headerName="CamelHttpMethod"> <constant>POST</constant> </setHeader> <to uri="http://server:8080/authservice"/> </route> <bean id="httpAuth" class="org.apache.camel.component.http.HttpConfiguration"> <property name="authMethod" value="Basic"/> <property name="authUsername" value="user"/> <property name="authPassword" value="password"/> </bean> <bean id="http" class="org.apache.camel.component.http.HttpComponent"> <property name="camelContext" ref="camel"/> <property name="httpConfiguration" ref="httpAuth"/> </bean> Cheers -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/HTTP-component-Authentication-tp4782223p4785932.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.