Spring Security authenticationmanager must be specified - for custom filter

Question

I’m trying to create a custom username password authentication filter since I need to validate passwords from two different sources. I’m using Spring Boot 1.2.1 and Java co

Answer 1

The documentation for AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter states that you must set an AuthenticationManager.

I suggest you try adding the following code inside your CustomUsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter class:

@Override
@Autowired
public void setAuthenticationManager(AuthenticationManager authenticationManager) {
    super.setAuthenticationManager(authenticationManager);
}