This article explains the default authentication method in Transact. This is the most basic method of verifying and validating users, which is done via the .xml file tomcat-users.xml.
How does default authentication work?
Tomcat maintains a list of users and roles in the tomcat-users.xml file. You can define roles and users, and assigns users with specific roles.
Once Tomcat is started, the server.xml file references the tomcat-users.xml file in the following resource:
It stores users, roles, and user-role mappings in the memory. These memory locations are referenced when the user sends a request to authenticate users.
Restart Transact
You will need to restart the Transact server or Tomcat instance when a new entry is created in this file, so that it can load the new data into the memory.