[[servlet-authentication-unpwd]]
= Username/Password Authentication
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One of the most common ways to authenticate a user is by validating a username and password.
Spring Security provides comprehensive support for authenticating with a username and password.

You can configure username and password authentication using the following:

.Simple Username/Password Example
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Java::
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@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class SecurityConfig {

	@Bean
	public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
		http
			.authorizeHttpRequests((authorize) -> authorize
				.anyRequest().authenticated()
			)
			.httpBasic(Customizer.withDefaults())
			.formLogin(Customizer.withDefaults());

		return http.build();
	}

	@Bean
	public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
		UserDetails userDetails = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
			.username("user")
			.password("password")
			.roles("USER")
			.build();

		return new InMemoryUserDetailsManager(userDetails);
	}

}
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XML::
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[source,xml,role="secondary"]
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<http>
	<intercept-url pattern="/**" access="authenticated"/>
	<form-login />
	<http-basic />

	<user-service>
		<user name="user"
			password="{noop}password"
			authorities="ROLE_USER" />
	</user-service>
</http>
----

Kotlin::
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import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.invoke

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
class SecurityConfig {

	@Bean
	fun securityFilterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
		http {
			authorizeHttpRequests {
				authorize(anyRequest, authenticated)
			}
			formLogin { }
			httpBasic { }
		}

		return http.build()
	}

	@Bean
	fun userDetailsService(): UserDetailsService {
		val user = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
			.username("user")
			.password("password")
			.roles("USER")
			.build()

		return InMemoryUserDetailsManager(user)
	}

}
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The preceding configuration automatically registers an xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/in-memory.adoc[in-memory `UserDetailsService`] with the `SecurityFilterChain`, registers the xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/dao-authentication-provider.adoc[`DaoAuthenticationProvider`] with the default xref:servlet/authentication/architecture.adoc#servlet-authentication-authenticationmanager[`AuthenticationManager`], and enables xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/form.adoc[Form Login] and xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/basic.adoc[HTTP Basic] authentication.

To learn more about username/password authentication, consider the following use cases:

* I want to xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/form.adoc[learn how Form Login works]
* I want to xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/basic.adoc[learn how HTTP Basic authentication works]
* I want to xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/dao-authentication-provider.adoc[learn how `DaoAuthenticationProvider` works]
* I want to xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/in-memory.adoc[manage users in memory]
* I want to xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/jdbc.adoc[manage users in a database]
* I want to xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/ldap.adoc#servlet-authentication-ldap-authentication[manage users in LDAP]
* I want to <<publish-authentication-manager-bean,publish an `AuthenticationManager` bean>> for custom authentication
* I want to <<customize-global-authentication-manager,customize the global `AuthenticationManager`>>

[[publish-authentication-manager-bean]]
== Publish an `AuthenticationManager` bean

A fairly common requirement is publishing an `AuthenticationManager` bean to allow for custom authentication, such as in a `@Service` or Spring MVC `@Controller`.
For example, you may want to authenticate users via a REST API instead of using xref:servlet/authentication/passwords/form.adoc[Form Login].

You can publish such an `AuthenticationManager` for custom authentication scenarios using the following configuration:

.Publish `AuthenticationManager` bean for Custom Authentication
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Java::
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[source,java,role="primary"]
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@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class SecurityConfig {

	@Bean
	public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
		http
			.authorizeHttpRequests((authorize) -> authorize
				.requestMatchers("/login").permitAll()
				.anyRequest().authenticated()
			);

		return http.build();
	}

	@Bean
	public AuthenticationManager authenticationManager(
			UserDetailsService userDetailsService,
			PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder) {
		DaoAuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider();
		authenticationProvider.setUserDetailsService(userDetailsService);
		authenticationProvider.setPasswordEncoder(passwordEncoder);

		return new ProviderManager(authenticationProvider);
	}

	@Bean
	public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
		UserDetails userDetails = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
			.username("user")
			.password("password")
			.roles("USER")
			.build();

		return new InMemoryUserDetailsManager(userDetails);
	}

	@Bean
	public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
		return PasswordEncoderFactories.createDelegatingPasswordEncoder();
	}

}
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XML::
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[source,xml,role="secondary"]
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<http>
	<intercept-url pattern="/login" access="permitAll"/>
	<intercept-url pattern="/**" access="authenticated"/>

	<bean id="authenticationManager"
			class="org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager">
		<constructor-arg>
			<bean class="org.springframework.security.authentication.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider">
				<property name="userDetailsService" ref="userDetailsService" />
				<property name="passwordEncoder" ref="passwordEncoder" />
			</bean>
		</constructor-arg>
	</bean>

	<user-service id="userDetailsService">
		<user name="user"
			password="{noop}password"
			authorities="ROLE_USER" />
	</user-service>

	<bean id="passwordEncoder"
			class="org.springframework.security.crypto.factory.PasswordEncoderFactories" factory-method="createDelegatingPasswordEncoder"/>
</http>
----

Kotlin::
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[source,kotlin,role="secondary"]
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import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.invoke

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
class SecurityConfig {

	@Bean
	fun securityFilterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
		http {
			authorizeHttpRequests {
				authorize("/login", permitAll)
				authorize(anyRequest, authenticated)
			}
		}

		return http.build()
	}

	@Bean
	fun authenticationManager(
			userDetailsService: UserDetailsService,
			passwordEncoder: PasswordEncoder): AuthenticationManager {
		val authenticationProvider = DaoAuthenticationProvider()
		authenticationProvider.setUserDetailsService(userDetailsService)
		authenticationProvider.setPasswordEncoder(passwordEncoder)

		return ProviderManager(authenticationProvider)
	}

	@Bean
	fun userDetailsService(): UserDetailsService {
		val user = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
			.username("user")
			.password("password")
			.roles("USER")
			.build()

		return InMemoryUserDetailsManager(user)
	}

	@Bean
	fun passwordEncoder(): PasswordEncoder {
		return PasswordEncoderFactories.createDelegatingPasswordEncoder()
	}

}
----
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With the preceding configuration in place, you can create a `@RestController` that uses the `AuthenticationManager` as follows:


.Create a `@RestController` for Authentication
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@RestController
public class LoginController {

	private final AuthenticationManager authenticationManager;

	public LoginController(AuthenticationManager authenticationManager) {
		this.authenticationManager = authenticationManager;
	}

	@PostMapping("/login")
	public ResponseEntity<Void> login(@RequestBody LoginRequest loginRequest) {
		Authentication authenticationRequest =
			UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.unauthenticated(loginRequest.username(), loginRequest.password());
		Authentication authenticationResponse =
			this.authenticationManager.authenticate(authenticationRequest);
		// ...
	}

	public record LoginRequest(String username, String password) {
	}

}
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@RestController
class LoginController(val authenticationManager: AuthenticationManager) {

	@PostMapping("/login")
	fun login(@RequestBody loginRequest: LoginRequest): ResponseEntity<Void> {
		val authenticationRequest =
			UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.unauthenticated(
				loginRequest.username, loginRequest.password)
		val authenticationResponse =
			authenticationManager.authenticate(authenticationRequest)
		// ...
	}

	data class LoginRequest(val username: String, val password: String)

}
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[NOTE]
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In this example, it is your responsibility to save the authenticated user in the `SecurityContextRepository` if needed.
For example, if using the `HttpSession` to persist the `SecurityContext` between requests, you can use xref:servlet/authentication/persistence.adoc#httpsecuritycontextrepository[`HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository`].
====

[[customize-global-authentication-manager]]
== Customize the `AuthenticationManager`

Normally, Spring Security builds an `AuthenticationManager` internally composed of a `DaoAuthenticationProvider` for username/password authentication.
In certain cases, it may still be desired to customize the instance of `AuthenticationManager` used by Spring Security.
For example, you may need to simply disable xref:servlet/authentication/architecture.adoc#servlet-authentication-providermanager-erasing-credentials[credential erasure] for cached users.

The recommended way to do this is to simply publish your own `AuthenticationManager` bean, and Spring Security will use it.
You can publish an `AuthenticationManager` using the following configuration:

.Publish `AuthenticationManager` bean for Spring Security
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Java::
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[source,java,role="primary"]
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@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class SecurityConfig {

	@Bean
	public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
		http
			.authorizeHttpRequests((authorize) -> authorize
				.requestMatchers("/login").permitAll()
				.anyRequest().authenticated()
			)
			.httpBasic(Customizer.withDefaults())
			.formLogin(Customizer.withDefaults());

		return http.build();
	}

	@Bean
	public AuthenticationManager authenticationManager(
			UserDetailsService userDetailsService,
			PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder) {
		DaoAuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider();
		authenticationProvider.setUserDetailsService(userDetailsService);
		authenticationProvider.setPasswordEncoder(passwordEncoder);

		ProviderManager providerManager = new ProviderManager(authenticationProvider);
		providerManager.setEraseCredentialsAfterAuthentication(false);

		return providerManager;
	}

	@Bean
	public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
		UserDetails userDetails = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
			.username("user")
			.password("password")
			.roles("USER")
			.build();

		return new InMemoryUserDetailsManager(userDetails);
	}

	@Bean
	public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
		return PasswordEncoderFactories.createDelegatingPasswordEncoder();
	}

}
----

XML::
+
[source,xml,role="secondary"]
----
<http>
	<intercept-url pattern="/login" access="permitAll"/>
	<intercept-url pattern="/**" access="authenticated"/>
	<form-login />
	<http-basic />

	<bean id="authenticationManager"
			class="org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager">
		<constructor-arg>
			<bean class="org.springframework.security.authentication.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider">
				<property name="userDetailsService" ref="userDetailsService" />
				<property name="passwordEncoder" ref="passwordEncoder" />
			</bean>
		</constructor-arg>
	</bean>

	<user-service id="userDetailsService">
		<user name="user"
			password="{noop}password"
			authorities="ROLE_USER" />
	</user-service>

	<bean id="passwordEncoder"
			class="org.springframework.security.crypto.factory.PasswordEncoderFactories" factory-method="createDelegatingPasswordEncoder"/>
</http>
----

Kotlin::
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[source,kotlin,role="secondary"]
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import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.invoke

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
class SecurityConfig {

	@Bean
	fun securityFilterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
		http {
			authorizeHttpRequests {
				authorize("/login", permitAll)
				authorize(anyRequest, authenticated)
			}
			formLogin { }
			httpBasic { }
		}

		return http.build()
	}

	@Bean
	fun authenticationManager(
			userDetailsService: UserDetailsService,
			passwordEncoder: PasswordEncoder): AuthenticationManager {
		val authenticationProvider = DaoAuthenticationProvider()
		authenticationProvider.setUserDetailsService(userDetailsService)
		authenticationProvider.setPasswordEncoder(passwordEncoder)

		val providerManager = ProviderManager(authenticationProvider)
		providerManager.eraseCredentialsAfterAuthentication = false

		return providerManager
	}

	@Bean
	fun userDetailsService(): UserDetailsService {
		val user = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
			.username("user")
			.password("password")
			.roles("USER")
			.build()

		return InMemoryUserDetailsManager(user)
	}

	@Bean
	fun passwordEncoder(): PasswordEncoder {
		return PasswordEncoderFactories.createDelegatingPasswordEncoder()
	}

}
----
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Alternatively, you can take advantage of the fact that the `AuthenticationManagerBuilder` used to build Spring Security's global `AuthenticationManager` is published as a bean.
You can configure the builder as follows:

.Configure global `AuthenticationManagerBuilder`
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Java::
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[source,java,role="primary"]
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@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class SecurityConfig {

	@Bean
	public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
		// ...
		return http.build();
	}

	@Bean
	public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
		// Return a UserDetailsService that caches users
		// ...
	}

	@Autowired
	public void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder builder) {
		builder.eraseCredentials(false);
	}

}
----

Kotlin::
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[source,kotlin,role="secondary"]
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import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.invoke

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
class SecurityConfig {

	@Bean
	fun securityFilterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
		// ...
		return http.build()
	}

	@Bean
	fun userDetailsService(): UserDetailsService {
		// Return a UserDetailsService that caches users
		// ...
	}

	@Autowired
	fun configure(builder: AuthenticationManagerBuilder) {
		builder.eraseCredentials(false)
	}

}
----
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