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Security Database Schema

DDL statements are given for the HSQLDB database. You can use these as a guideline for defining the schema for the database you are using.

User Schema

The standard JDBC implementation of the UserDetailsService (JdbcDaoImpl) requires tables to load the password, account status (enabled or disabled) and a list of authorities (roles) for the user. You can use these as a guideline for defining the schema for the database you use.

create table users(
	username varchar_ignorecase(50) not null primary key,
	password varchar_ignorecase(50) not null,
	enabled boolean not null
);

create table authorities (
	username varchar_ignorecase(50) not null,
	authority varchar_ignorecase(50) not null,
	constraint fk_authorities_users foreign key(username) references users(username)
);
create unique index ix_auth_username on authorities (username,authority);

For Oracle database

The following listing shows the Oracle variant of the schema creation commands:

CREATE TABLE USERS (
    USERNAME NVARCHAR2(128) PRIMARY KEY,
    PASSWORD NVARCHAR2(128) NOT NULL,
    ENABLED CHAR(1) CHECK (ENABLED IN ('Y','N') ) NOT NULL
);


CREATE TABLE AUTHORITIES (
    USERNAME NVARCHAR2(128) NOT NULL,
    AUTHORITY NVARCHAR2(128) NOT NULL
);
ALTER TABLE AUTHORITIES ADD CONSTRAINT AUTHORITIES_UNIQUE UNIQUE (USERNAME, AUTHORITY);
ALTER TABLE AUTHORITIES ADD CONSTRAINT AUTHORITIES_FK1 FOREIGN KEY (USERNAME) REFERENCES USERS (USERNAME) ENABLE;

Group Authorities

Spring Security 2.0 introduced support for group authorities in JdbcDaoImpl. The table structure if groups are enabled is as follows. You need to adjust the following schema to match the database dialect you use:

create table groups (
	id bigint generated by default as identity(start with 0) primary key,
	group_name varchar_ignorecase(50) not null
);

create table group_authorities (
	group_id bigint not null,
	authority varchar(50) not null,
	constraint fk_group_authorities_group foreign key(group_id) references groups(id)
);

create table group_members (
	id bigint generated by default as identity(start with 0) primary key,
	username varchar(50) not null,
	group_id bigint not null,
	constraint fk_group_members_group foreign key(group_id) references groups(id)
);

Remember that these tables are required only if you us the provided JDBC UserDetailsService implementation. If you write your own or choose to implement AuthenticationProvider without a UserDetailsService, you have complete freedom over how you store the data, as long as the interface contract is satisfied.

Persistent Login (Remember-Me) Schema

This table is used to store the data used by the more secure persistent token remember-me implementation. If you use JdbcTokenRepositoryImpl either directly or through the namespace, you need this table. Remember to adjust this schema to match the database dialect you use:

create table persistent_logins (
	username varchar(64) not null,
	series varchar(64) primary key,
	token varchar(64) not null,
	last_used timestamp not null
);

ACL Schema

The Spring Security ACL implementation uses four tables.

  • acl_sid stores the security identities recognised by the ACL system. These can be unique principals or authorities, which may apply to multiple principals.

  • acl_class defines the domain object types to which ACLs apply. The class column stores the Java class name of the object.

  • acl_object_identity stores the object identity definitions of specific domain objects.

  • acl_entry stores the ACL permissions, each of which applies to a specific object identity and security identity.

We assume that the database auto-generates the primary keys for each of the identities. The JdbcMutableAclService has to be able to retrieve these when it has created a new row in the acl_sid or acl_class tables. It has two properties that define the SQL needed to retrieve these values classIdentityQuery and sidIdentityQuery. Both of these default to call identity()

The ACL artifact JAR contains files for creating the ACL schema in HyperSQL (HSQLDB), PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle Database. These schemas are also demonstrated in the following sections.

HyperSQL

The default schema works with the embedded HSQLDB database that is used in unit tests within the framework.

create table acl_sid(
	id bigint generated by default as identity(start with 100) not null primary key,
	principal boolean not null,
	sid varchar_ignorecase(100) not null,
	constraint unique_uk_1 unique(sid,principal)
);

create table acl_class(
	id bigint generated by default as identity(start with 100) not null primary key,
	class varchar_ignorecase(100) not null,
	constraint unique_uk_2 unique(class)
);

create table acl_object_identity(
	id bigint generated by default as identity(start with 100) not null primary key,
	object_id_class bigint not null,
	object_id_identity varchar_ignorecase(36) not null,
	parent_object bigint,
	owner_sid bigint,
	entries_inheriting boolean not null,
	constraint unique_uk_3 unique(object_id_class,object_id_identity),
	constraint foreign_fk_1 foreign key(parent_object)references acl_object_identity(id),
	constraint foreign_fk_2 foreign key(object_id_class)references acl_class(id),
	constraint foreign_fk_3 foreign key(owner_sid)references acl_sid(id)
);

create table acl_entry(
	id bigint generated by default as identity(start with 100) not null primary key,
	acl_object_identity bigint not null,
	ace_order int not null,
	sid bigint not null,
	mask integer not null,
	granting boolean not null,
	audit_success boolean not null,
	audit_failure boolean not null,
	constraint unique_uk_4 unique(acl_object_identity,ace_order),
	constraint foreign_fk_4 foreign key(acl_object_identity) references acl_object_identity(id),
	constraint foreign_fk_5 foreign key(sid) references acl_sid(id)
);

PostgreSQL

For PostgreSQL, you have to set the classIdentityQuery and sidIdentityQuery properties of JdbcMutableAclService to the following values, respectively:

  • select currval(pg_get_serial_sequence('acl_class', 'id'))

  • select currval(pg_get_serial_sequence('acl_sid', 'id'))

create table acl_sid(
	id bigserial not null primary key,
	principal boolean not null,
	sid varchar(100) not null,
	constraint unique_uk_1 unique(sid,principal)
);

create table acl_class(
	id bigserial not null primary key,
	class varchar(100) not null,
	constraint unique_uk_2 unique(class)
);

create table acl_object_identity(
	id bigserial primary key,
	object_id_class bigint not null,
	object_id_identity varchar(36) not null,
	parent_object bigint,
	owner_sid bigint,
	entries_inheriting boolean not null,
	constraint unique_uk_3 unique(object_id_class,object_id_identity),
	constraint foreign_fk_1 foreign key(parent_object)references acl_object_identity(id),
	constraint foreign_fk_2 foreign key(object_id_class)references acl_class(id),
	constraint foreign_fk_3 foreign key(owner_sid)references acl_sid(id)
);

create table acl_entry(
	id bigserial primary key,
	acl_object_identity bigint not null,
	ace_order int not null,
	sid bigint not null,
	mask integer not null,
	granting boolean not null,
	audit_success boolean not null,
	audit_failure boolean not null,
	constraint unique_uk_4 unique(acl_object_identity,ace_order),
	constraint foreign_fk_4 foreign key(acl_object_identity) references acl_object_identity(id),
	constraint foreign_fk_5 foreign key(sid) references acl_sid(id)
);

MySQL and MariaDB

CREATE TABLE acl_sid (
	id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
	principal BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
	sid VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
	UNIQUE KEY unique_acl_sid (sid, principal)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

CREATE TABLE acl_class (
	id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
	class VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
	UNIQUE KEY uk_acl_class (class)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

CREATE TABLE acl_object_identity (
	id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
	object_id_class BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
	object_id_identity VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL,
	parent_object BIGINT UNSIGNED,
	owner_sid BIGINT UNSIGNED,
	entries_inheriting BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
	UNIQUE KEY uk_acl_object_identity (object_id_class, object_id_identity),
	CONSTRAINT fk_acl_object_identity_parent FOREIGN KEY (parent_object) REFERENCES acl_object_identity (id),
	CONSTRAINT fk_acl_object_identity_class FOREIGN KEY (object_id_class) REFERENCES acl_class (id),
	CONSTRAINT fk_acl_object_identity_owner FOREIGN KEY (owner_sid) REFERENCES acl_sid (id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

CREATE TABLE acl_entry (
	id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
	acl_object_identity BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
	ace_order INTEGER NOT NULL,
	sid BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
	mask INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
	granting BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
	audit_success BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
	audit_failure BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
	UNIQUE KEY unique_acl_entry (acl_object_identity, ace_order),
	CONSTRAINT fk_acl_entry_object FOREIGN KEY (acl_object_identity) REFERENCES acl_object_identity (id),
	CONSTRAINT fk_acl_entry_acl FOREIGN KEY (sid) REFERENCES acl_sid (id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

Microsoft SQL Server

CREATE TABLE acl_sid (
	id BIGINT NOT NULL IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
	principal BIT NOT NULL,
	sid VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
	CONSTRAINT unique_acl_sid UNIQUE (sid, principal)
);

CREATE TABLE acl_class (
	id BIGINT NOT NULL IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
	class VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
	CONSTRAINT uk_acl_class UNIQUE (class)
);

CREATE TABLE acl_object_identity (
	id BIGINT NOT NULL IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
	object_id_class BIGINT NOT NULL,
	object_id_identity VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL,
	parent_object BIGINT,
	owner_sid BIGINT,
	entries_inheriting BIT NOT NULL,
	CONSTRAINT uk_acl_object_identity UNIQUE (object_id_class, object_id_identity),
	CONSTRAINT fk_acl_object_identity_parent FOREIGN KEY (parent_object) REFERENCES acl_object_identity (id),
	CONSTRAINT fk_acl_object_identity_class FOREIGN KEY (object_id_class) REFERENCES acl_class (id),
	CONSTRAINT fk_acl_object_identity_owner FOREIGN KEY (owner_sid) REFERENCES acl_sid (id)
);

CREATE TABLE acl_entry (
	id BIGINT NOT NULL IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
	acl_object_identity BIGINT NOT NULL,
	ace_order INTEGER NOT NULL,
	sid BIGINT NOT NULL,
	mask INTEGER NOT NULL,
	granting BIT NOT NULL,
	audit_success BIT NOT NULL,
	audit_failure BIT NOT NULL,
	CONSTRAINT unique_acl_entry UNIQUE (acl_object_identity, ace_order),
	CONSTRAINT fk_acl_entry_object FOREIGN KEY (acl_object_identity) REFERENCES acl_object_identity (id),
	CONSTRAINT fk_acl_entry_acl FOREIGN KEY (sid) REFERENCES acl_sid (id)
);

Oracle Database

CREATE TABLE ACL_SID (
    ID NUMBER(18) PRIMARY KEY,
    PRINCIPAL NUMBER(1) NOT NULL CHECK (PRINCIPAL IN (0, 1 )),
    SID NVARCHAR2(128) NOT NULL,
    CONSTRAINT ACL_SID_UNIQUE UNIQUE (SID, PRINCIPAL)
);
CREATE SEQUENCE ACL_SID_SQ START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 NOMAXVALUE;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER ACL_SID_SQ_TR BEFORE INSERT ON ACL_SID FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
    SELECT ACL_SID_SQ.NEXTVAL INTO :NEW.ID FROM DUAL;
END;


CREATE TABLE ACL_CLASS (
    ID NUMBER(18) PRIMARY KEY,
    CLASS NVARCHAR2(128) NOT NULL,
    CONSTRAINT ACL_CLASS_UNIQUE UNIQUE (CLASS)
);
CREATE SEQUENCE ACL_CLASS_SQ START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 NOMAXVALUE;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER ACL_CLASS_ID_TR BEFORE INSERT ON ACL_CLASS FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
    SELECT ACL_CLASS_SQ.NEXTVAL INTO :NEW.ID FROM DUAL;
END;


CREATE TABLE ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY(
    ID NUMBER(18) PRIMARY KEY,
    OBJECT_ID_CLASS NUMBER(18) NOT NULL,
    OBJECT_ID_IDENTITY NVARCHAR2(64) NOT NULL,
    PARENT_OBJECT NUMBER(18),
    OWNER_SID NUMBER(18),
    ENTRIES_INHERITING NUMBER(1) NOT NULL CHECK (ENTRIES_INHERITING IN (0, 1)),
    CONSTRAINT ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY_UNIQUE UNIQUE (OBJECT_ID_CLASS, OBJECT_ID_IDENTITY),
    CONSTRAINT ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY_PARENT_FK FOREIGN KEY (PARENT_OBJECT) REFERENCES ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY(ID),
    CONSTRAINT ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY_CLASS_FK FOREIGN KEY (OBJECT_ID_CLASS) REFERENCES ACL_CLASS(ID),
    CONSTRAINT ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY_OWNER_FK FOREIGN KEY (OWNER_SID) REFERENCES ACL_SID(ID)
);
CREATE SEQUENCE ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY_SQ START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 NOMAXVALUE;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY_ID_TR BEFORE INSERT ON ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
    SELECT ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY_SQ.NEXTVAL INTO :NEW.ID FROM DUAL;
END;


CREATE TABLE ACL_ENTRY (
    ID NUMBER(18) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
    ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY NUMBER(18) NOT NULL,
    ACE_ORDER INTEGER NOT NULL,
    SID NUMBER(18) NOT NULL,
    MASK INTEGER NOT NULL,
    GRANTING NUMBER(1) NOT NULL CHECK (GRANTING IN (0, 1)),
    AUDIT_SUCCESS NUMBER(1) NOT NULL CHECK (AUDIT_SUCCESS IN (0, 1)),
    AUDIT_FAILURE NUMBER(1) NOT NULL CHECK (AUDIT_FAILURE IN (0, 1)),
    CONSTRAINT ACL_ENTRY_UNIQUE UNIQUE (ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY, ACE_ORDER),
    CONSTRAINT ACL_ENTRY_OBJECT_FK FOREIGN KEY (ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY) REFERENCES ACL_OBJECT_IDENTITY (ID),
    CONSTRAINT ACL_ENTRY_ACL_FK FOREIGN KEY (SID) REFERENCES ACL_SID(ID)
);
CREATE SEQUENCE ACL_ENTRY_SQ START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 NOMAXVALUE;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER ACL_ENTRY_ID_TRIGGER BEFORE INSERT ON ACL_ENTRY FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
    SELECT ACL_ENTRY_SQ.NEXTVAL INTO :NEW.ID FROM DUAL;
END;

OAuth 2.0 Client Schema

The JDBC implementation of OAuth2AuthorizedClientService (JdbcOAuth2AuthorizedClientService) requires a table for persisting OAuth2AuthorizedClient instances. You will need to adjust this schema to match the database dialect you use.

CREATE TABLE oauth2_authorized_client (
  client_registration_id varchar(100) NOT NULL,
  principal_name varchar(200) NOT NULL,
  access_token_type varchar(100) NOT NULL,
  access_token_value blob NOT NULL,
  access_token_issued_at timestamp NOT NULL,
  access_token_expires_at timestamp NOT NULL,
  access_token_scopes varchar(1000) DEFAULT NULL,
  refresh_token_value blob DEFAULT NULL,
  refresh_token_issued_at timestamp DEFAULT NULL,
  created_at timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (client_registration_id, principal_name)
);