From my experience, it was never easy to work with WildFly in a little bit involved configuration areas. This applies to authentication too.
Each module stands complete in itself. All the modules are tested using WildFly 10.0.0.Final but they should be good enough in some of the older versions too i.e. WildFly 8 and 9.
Brief introduction to the modules
- Holds both protected and unprotected resources
- Relies on jboss users i.e. added using /bin/add-users.sh
This is the simplest way and mostly for demo purposes. It is very unlikely to have an application rely on users added via wildfly utilities.
- Holds both protected and unprotected resources
- Relies on the users and roles provided as part of the application itself
- Requires WildFly configuration (included in module's README.md)
This is kind of a starting point where the application itself can provide the list of users and roles that it want to use.
- Holds both protected and unprotected resources
- User and role information is stored in database
- Requires WildFly configuration (included in module's README.md)
This is a general approach where the list of users and roles is maintained in database instead of files