Spring Security - multiple authentication-providers

Question

My web app has multiple authentication managers (one for API one for WEB access). The api should have a basic auth service only - configured via the spring security markup a

Answer 1

In namespace the name can be add it in the java with the @Service("userDetailsService") with a name.

You can also define beans and add them to the chain.

    
    


    
    



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the _authenticationManager is the name of the bean that is registered in namespace.

This would be executed before the basic auth.