Quick Start

This document describes how to configure Tomcat to support container managed security, by connecting to an existing “database” of usernames, passwords, and user roles. You only need to care about this if you are using a web application that includes one or more <security-constraint> elements, and a <login-config> element defining how users are required to authenticate themselves. If you are not utilizing these features, you can safely skip this document.

For fundamental background information about container managed security.

For information about utilizing the Single Sign On feature of Tomcat (allowing a user to authenticate themselves once across the entire set of web applications associated with a virtual host), see here.