ORDS 22.1 : 401 Unauthorized Error Basic Authentication Not Working With Tomcat (Doc ID 2880857.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle REST Data Services - Version 22.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

On : 22.1 version, All Issues

Basic authentication is not working with ORDS 22.1 when Tomcat is used as webserver

Create a user with the “RESTful Services” role:

using following command :

Next, protect the module with privilege

Created a Privilege called Test with the role “RESTful Services” and protected the module with that privilege.

Then try to access the API using basic Authentication with the username and password created :

ERROR
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401 unauthorized error

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