JWT authentication extension for Camunda Cockpit

[miiit]

• JWT authentication fully client based
• No sticky session needed
• No HttpSession needed

Camunda Keycloak Identity Provider Pull Request

JWT authentication extension for Camunda Cockpit

Description

Provides JWT authentication plugin for Camunda Cockpit UI Provides adapted StatelessAuthenticationFilter (which is a combination of ContainerBasedAuthenticationFilter and AuthenticationFilter with removed dependency on HttpSession)

Separate module with sample, configuration and readme is provided

Additional context

It is needed to have pure JWT auth on a client side. it removes necessity to store the state for auth on the server side. Sticky sessions are not needed anymore.

Testing your changes

Unit test for StatelessAuthenticationFilter is added. The JS extension is tested manually.

Types of changes

• [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an existing open issue)
• [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality to an extension)
• [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality of an extension to change)
• [ ] Documentation update (changes made to an existing piece of documentation)

Checklist:

• [x] My code adheres to the syntax used by this extension.
• [ ] My pull request requires a change to the documentation.
• [x] I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• [ ] I have read the Camunda Community Hub documentation
• [x] I have read the Pull Request Process documentation
• [ ] I have added or suggested tests to cover my changes suggested in this pull request.
• [ ] All new and existing CI/CD tests passed.
• [ ] I will /assign myself this issue, and add the relevant [issue labels] to it if they are not automatically generated by Probot.
• [ ] I will tag @celanthe in a new comment on this issue if 30 days have passed since my pull request was opened and I have not received a response from the extension's Maintainer

[CLAassistant]

All committers have signed the CLA.

[VonDerBeck]

That's a great addon! And that is what I like about the Camunda Community. Thanks. 👍