Apache Tomcat · Authentication Profile

Tomcat Authentication

Authentication

Apache Tomcat secures its APIs with http across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

Application ServerJavaServlet ContainerWeb ServerOpen SourceApache
Methods: http Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/tomcat-manager-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: 'HTTP Basic authentication. User must have appropriate role in tomcat-users.xml:
    manager-script for text interface, manager-jmx for JMX proxy.'
  sources:
  - openapi/tomcat-manager-openapi.yml