Configuring Browsers for SPNEGO
The following procedures are specific to the Firefox and Chromium browsers.
Firefox
The following process configures your Firefox browser for SPNEGO connections. Note that
these instructions are specific to Firefox version 40.0.3x; the details may differ slightly
if you are using a different version:
- Open the Firefox configuration page by navigating to the address
about:config
. - In the Search text field, enter
network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris
to bring up that property. Right-click onnetwork.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris
and select Modify to edit the property and enter the hostnames of the web server nodes in your cluster as a comma-separated list. - Click OK.
Chromium on Ubuntu
To configure the Chromium browser on Ubuntu for SPNEGO, edit the/etc/chromium-browser/default
file and add the following
property:
CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--user-data-dir --auth-server-whitelist=<web server host names>"
The
--user-data-dir
flag enables the root user to launch the browser. The
--auth-server-whitelist
flag specifies the web servers that support
SPNEGO authentication.