Modify ldap provider url without restarting the spring security application

Question

we are providing facility to customer to configure ldap server runtime. But when i modify provider server url used in constructor of context source, the application crashes. Is there any way to change ldap server url at runtime? for LdapAuthenticationProvider.

Answer 1

If this is a case where you are changing the provider because one may be down for some reason, you should set up multiple authentication providers (security:authentication-provider) in your spring-security config file. Spring-security will start at the top of the list & keep trying until it finds one that works. That way you can leave this setup & not have a need to redeploy your code.