error filterstart when launching confluence

[Zak Crammond]

I have attempted to create a kerberos authentication filter within the web.xml file in order to force confluence to login automatically using the locally logged in users NT authentication. However the filter is refusing to start and from what I can see everything is fine.

I have added these parts to the web.xml file itself:

<filter>

<filter-name>VerifyCrowdKerberosTokenFilter</filter-name>

<filter-class>com.itekia.crowd.integration.VerifyCrowdKerberosTokenFilter</filter-class>

<init-param>

<param-name>kerberos.application.principal</param-name>

<param-value>HTTP/Fqdn_Of_Your_Application_Server</param-value>

</init-param>

</filter>

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<filter-mapping>

<filter-name>VerifyCrowdKerberosTokenFilter</filter-name>

<url-pattern>*/</url-pattern>

</filter-mapping>

the logging on the startup of filters is non-existant, is there a way of increasing the logging values to catch futher information?

p.s I also have another question open, but I cant open it due to the error 500 bug!

[Joe Clark · Accepted solution]

How are you deploying your class files to the application? If the filter-class can't be accessed then it won't be initialised :-)

You may have better luck deploying your servlet filter as a plugin module (see Servlet Filter Plugin Module).