PowerAuth Web Flow Configuration

This chapter describes configuration of Web Flow.

See the installation guide for instructions how to update the configuration properties.

Web Flow Server

At minimum the following configuration properties should be updated based on deployment:

powerauth.dataAdapter.service.url - Data Adapter service URL
powerauth.nextstep.service.url - Next Step service URL
powerauth.service.url - PowerAuth service URL
powerauth.push.service.url - PowerAuth Push service URL
powerauth.webflow.page.ext-resources.location - path to customized resources (use file:/path/to/your/ext-resources instead of classpath for location on disk)
database configuration - see examples below

Complete configuration file:

# Allow externalization of properties using application-ext.properties
spring.profiles.active=ext

# Data Adapter Server Service URL
powerauth.dataAdapter.service.url=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-data-adapter

# Next Step Server Service URL
powerauth.nextstep.service.url=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-nextstep

# PowerAuth Server URL
powerauth.service.url=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-java-server/rest
powerauth.service.restClientConfig.responseTimeout=60s
powerauth.service.restClientConfig.maxIdleTime=200s
powerauth.service.security.clientToken=
powerauth.service.security.clientSecret=
# Whether invalid SSL certificates should be accepted
powerauth.service.ssl.acceptInvalidSslCertificate=false

# PowerAuth Push Server URL
powerauth.push.service.url=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-push-server
powerauth.push.service.restClientConfig.responseTimeout=60s
powerauth.push.service.restClientConfig.maxIdleTime=200s

# Dynamic CSS stylesheet URL
powerauth.webflow.page.title=PowerAuth Web Flow
powerauth.webflow.page.ext-resources.location=classpath:/static/resources/
powerauth.webflow.page.ext-resources.cache-duration=1h
powerauth.webflow.page.custom-css.url=

# Database Configuration - PostgreSQL
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/powerauth
spring.datasource.username=powerauth
spring.datasource.password=
spring.datasource.hikari.auto-commit=false
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.characterEncoding=utf8
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.useUnicode=true

# Database Configuration - Oracle
#spring.datasource.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@//localhost:1521/powerauth
#spring.datasource.username=powerauth
#spring.datasource.password=

# Application Service Configuration
powerauth.webflow.service.applicationName=powerauth-webflow
powerauth.webflow.service.applicationDisplayName=PowerAuth Web Flow Server
powerauth.webflow.service.applicationEnvironment=

# Configuration of Offline Mode
powerauth.webflow.offlineMode.available=true

# Enable or disable operations support in PowerAuth server
powerauth.webflow.pa.operations.enabled=false

# Configuration of Android Security Warning
powerauth.webflow.android.showSecurityWarning=true

# Configuration of Optional User Password Encryption
powerauth.webflow.password.protection.type=NO_PROTECTION
powerauth.webflow.password.encryption.transformation=
powerauth.webflow.password.encryption.key=

# Configuration of authentication using temporary credentials
powerauth.webflow.authentication.allowTemporaryCredentials=false

# Configuration of Delay for Resending SMS in Milliseconds
powerauth.webflow.sms.resend.delayMs=60000

# Configuration of Delay for Showing Operation Timeout Warning in Milliseconds
powerauth.webflow.timeout.warning.delayMs=60000

# Configuration of Limit for Large Consent Panel in Number of Characters
powerauth.webflow.consent.limit.enabled=false
powerauth.webflow.consent.limit.characters=750

# Configuration of Operation Approval Signing using Certificates
powerauth.webflow.approval.certificate.enabled=false
powerauth.webflow.approval.certificate.signer=ICA_CLIENT_SIGN
powerauth.webflow.approval.certificate.signer.ica.configurationUrl=
powerauth.webflow.approval.certificate.signer.ica.logLevel=1
powerauth.webflow.approval.certificate.signer.ica.extensionOwner=
powerauth.webflow.approval.certificate.signer.ica.extensionIDChrome=
powerauth.webflow.approval.certificate.signer.ica.extensionIDOpera=
powerauth.webflow.approval.certificate.signer.ica.extensionIDEdge=
powerauth.webflow.approval.certificate.signer.ica.extensionIDFirefox=
powerauth.webflow.approval.certificate.signer.ica.extensionInstallURLFirefox=

# Anti-fraud System Configuration
powerauth.webflow.afs.enabled=false
powerauth.webflow.afs.type=THREAT_MARK
powerauth.webflow.afs.detectIpAddress=false
powerauth.webflow.afs.forceIpv4=true
powerauth.webflow.afs.tm.cookies.deviceTag=
powerauth.webflow.afs.tm.cookies.sessionSid=

# User Input Validation
powerauth.webflow.input.username.maxLength=256
powerauth.webflow.input.password.maxLength=128
powerauth.webflow.input.smsOtp.maxLength=8

# Configuration of CORS Requests for Client Certificate Verification
powerauth.webflow.security.cors.enabled=false
powerauth.webflow.security.cors.allowOrigin=https://localhost.cz

# OAuth 2.1 resource server introspection configuration
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.introspection.uri=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-webflow/oauth2/introspect
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.introspection.clientId=democlient
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.introspection.clientSecret=changeme

# Set JMX default domain in case JMX is enabled, otherwise the application startup fails due to clash in JMX bean names
spring.jmx.default-domain=powerauth-webflow

# Set Jackson date format
spring.jackson.date-format=yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ

# Disable open session in view to avoid startup warning of Spring boot
spring.jpa.open-in-view=false

# Enable caching of static resources
spring.web.resources.cache.cachecontrol.max-age=86400

# Disable swagger-ui default petstore url
springdoc.swagger-ui.disable-swagger-default-url=true

# Set the Spring application name
spring.application.name=powerauth-webflow

Encryption of user passwords during transport (end-to-end encryption) can be configured using following properties:

# Configuration of Password Encryption
powerauth.webflow.password.protection.type=PASSWORD_ENCRYPTION_AES
powerauth.webflow.password.encryption.transformation=AES/CBC/PKCS7Padding
powerauth.webflow.password.encryption.key=[Secret Base64-encoded 32-bit key, you can generate it using code below and keep it secure]

The configuration specifies that user password should be encrypted using AES in CBC mode with PKCS#7 padding. The key is encoded using Base64 encoding and its size influences the strength of the encryption cipher. The cipher transformation can be configured using standard Java Cipher transformation definition. See: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/crypto/Cipher.html

The random encryption key can be generated using following code:

byte[] randomBytes = new byte[32];
new SecureRandom().nextBytes(randomBytes);
String encryptionKey = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(randomBytes);

The symmetric key is used by both Web Flow and by the remote system which needs to decrypt the password for verification. For information about password decryption, see: User Password Encryption And Decryption

Next Step Server

At minimum the following configuration properties should be updated based on deployment:

powerauth.nextstep.operation.expirationTimeInSeconds - operation expiration time in seconds
powerauth.dataAdapter.service.url - Data Adapter service URL
powerauth.service.url - PowerAuth service URL
database configuration - see examples below

Complete configuration file:

# Allow externalization of properties using application-ext.properties
spring.profiles.active=ext

# Database Configuration - PostgreSQL
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/powerauth
spring.datasource.username=powerauth
spring.datasource.password=
spring.datasource.hikari.auto-commit=false
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.characterEncoding=utf8
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.useUnicode=true

# Database Configuration - Oracle
#spring.datasource.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@//localhost:1521/powerauth
#spring.datasource.username=powerauth
#spring.datasource.password=

# Data Adapter Server Service URL
powerauth.dataAdapter.service.url=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-data-adapter

# PowerAuth Server URL
powerauth.service.url=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-java-server/rest
powerauth.service.restClientConfig.responseTimeout=60s
powerauth.service.restClientConfig.maxIdleTime=200s
powerauth.service.security.clientToken=
powerauth.service.security.clientSecret=
# Whether invalid SSL certificates should be accepted
powerauth.service.ssl.acceptInvalidSslCertificate=false

# Operation expiration time in seconds
powerauth.nextstep.operation.expirationTimeInSeconds=300

# Use original username for a removed credential when the credential is recreated
powerauth.nextstep.identity.credential.useOriginalUsername=false

# Maximum number of attempts when generating username
powerauth.nextstep.identity.credential.generateUsernameMaxAttempts=100

# Enable or disable operations support in PowerAuth server
powerauth.nextstep.pa.operations.enabled=false

# Key used for end-to-end encryption of credentials
powerauth.nextstep.e2eEncryption.key=

# Key used for database record encryption
powerauth.nextstep.db.master.encryption.key=

# Application Service Configuration
powerauth.nextstep.service.applicationName=powerauth-nextstep
powerauth.nextstep.service.applicationDisplayName=PowerAuth Next Step Server
powerauth.nextstep.service.applicationEnvironment=

# Set JMX default domain in case JMX is enabled, otherwise the application startup fails due to clash in JMX bean names
spring.jmx.default-domain=powerauth-nextstep

# Set Jackson date format
spring.jackson.date-format=yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ

# Disable open session in view to avoid startup warning of Spring boot
spring.jpa.open-in-view=false

# Disable swagger-ui default petstore url
springdoc.swagger-ui.disable-swagger-default-url=true

# Set default media type for responses in REST API documentation
springdoc.default-produces-media-type=application/json

# Set the Spring application name
spring.application.name=powerauth-nextstep

Encryption of user passwords during transport (end-to-end encryption) can be configured using following property:

powerauth.nextstep.e2eEncryption.key=[Secret Base64-encoded 32-bit key, same as the key used in Web Flow]

Encryption of sensitive database records can be configured using following property:

powerauth.nextstep.db.master.encryption.key=[Secret Base64-encoded 32-bit key, you can generate it using code below and keep it secure]

The random encryption key can be generated using following code:

byte[] randomBytes = new byte[32];
new SecureRandom().nextBytes(randomBytes);
String encryptionKey = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(randomBytes);

Do not use the same key for end-to-encryption and database record encryption. Store the keys securely, ideally using a vault mechanism._

Data Adapter

At minimum the following configuration properties should be updated based on deployment:

powerauth.authorization.sms-otp.expiration-time-in-second - SMS OTP operation expiration time in seconds
powerauth.authorization.sms-otp.max-verify-tries-per-message - maximum number of attempts for SMS OTP verification
database configuration - see examples below

Complete configuration file:

# Allow externalization of properties using application-ext.properties
spring.profiles.active=ext

# Database Configuration - PostgreSQL
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/powerauth
spring.datasource.username=powerauth
spring.datasource.password=
spring.datasource.hikari.auto-commit=false
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.characterEncoding=utf8
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.useUnicode=true

# Database Configuration - Oracle
#spring.datasource.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@//localhost:1521/powerauth
#spring.datasource.username=powerauth
#spring.datasource.password=

# SMS OTP expiration time in seconds
powerauth.authorization.sms-otp.expiration-time-in-seconds=300
# Maximum number of tries to verify a SMS OTP authorization code
powerauth.authorization.sms-otp.max-verify-tries-per-message=5

# Set JMX default domain in case JMX is enabled, otherwise the application startup fails due to clash in JMX bean names
spring.jmx.default-domain=powerauth-data-adapter

# Application Service Configuration
powerauth.dataAdapter.service.applicationName=powerauth-data-adapter
powerauth.dataAdapter.service.applicationDisplayName=PowerAuth Data Adapter
powerauth.dataAdapter.service.applicationEnvironment=

# Disable open session in view to avoid startup warning of Spring boot
spring.jpa.open-in-view=false

# Disable swagger-ui default petstore url
springdoc.swagger-ui.disable-swagger-default-url=true

Web Flow Client

At minimum the following configuration properties should be updated based on deployment:

powerauth.webflow.service.url - Web Flow service URL
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.client.* - OAuth 2.1 client configuration
powerauth.nextstep.service.url - Next Step service URL

Complete configuration file:

# OAuth 2.1 client configuration
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.client.registrationId=democlient
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.client.id=democlient
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.client.secret=changeme
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.client.name=democlient
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.client.authorizationUri=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-webflow/oauth2/authorize
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.client.tokenUri=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-webflow/oauth2/token
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.client.userInfoUri=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-webflow/api/secure/profile/me/info
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.client.redirectUri=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-webflow-client/connect/demo
powerauth.webflow.service.oauth2.client.userNameAttributeName=id

# Next Step Server Service URL
powerauth.nextstep.service.url=http://localhost:8080/powerauth-nextstep

# Whether invalid SSL certificates should be accepted
powerauth.service.ssl.acceptInvalidSslCertificate=false

# Application Service Configuration
powerauth.webflow.client.service.applicationName=powerauth-webflow-client
powerauth.webflow.client.service.applicationDisplayName=PowerAuth Web Flow Client
powerauth.webflow.client.service.applicationEnvironment=

# Set JMX default domain in case JMX is enabled, otherwise the application startup fails due to clash in JMX bean names
spring.jmx.default-domain=powerauth-webflow-client

# Set Jackson date format
spring.jackson.date-format=yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ

# Disable open session in view to avoid startup warning of Spring boot
spring.jpa.open-in-view=false

# Enable caching of static resources
spring.web.resources.cache.cachecontrol.max-age=86400

OAuth 2.1 Client Configuration

Sample OAuth 2.1 client configuration:

INSERT INTO oauth2_registered_client (id, client_id, client_id_issued_at, client_secret, client_secret_expires_at, client_name, client_authentication_methods, authorization_grant_types, redirect_uris, post_logout_redirect_uris, scopes, client_settings, token_settings) VALUES ('8cb2cedf-0152-47c4-b25e-0ee81b1acd44', 'democlient', '2023-04-28 11:44:29.000000', '$2a$12$MkYsT5igDXSDgRwyDVz1B.93h8F81E4GZJd/spy/1vhjM4CJgeed.', null, 'democlient', 'client_secret_basic', 'authorization_code,refresh_token', 'http://localhost:8080/powerauth-webflow-client/connect/demo', null, 'profile,aisp,pisp', '{"@class":"java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableMap","settings.client.require-proof-key":false,"settings.client.require-authorization-consent":false}', '{"@class":"java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableMap","settings.token.reuse-refresh-tokens":true,"settings.token.id-token-signature-algorithm":["org.springframework.security.oauth2.jose.jws.SignatureAlgorithm","RS256"],"settings.token.access-token-time-to-live":["java.time.Duration",300],"settings.token.access-token-format":{"@class":"org.springframework.security.oauth2.server.authorization.settings.OAuth2TokenFormat","value":"reference"},"settings.token.refresh-token-time-to-live":["java.time.Duration",1296000],"settings.token.authorization-code-time-to-live":["java.time.Duration",300]}}');

See Spring OAuth 2.1 client registration documentation for more details: https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/oauth2/client/core.html#oauth2Client-client-registration

The following parameters should be configured:

id - database row unique identifier
client_id - identifier of the client
client_id_issued_at - timestamp of client issuance
client_secret - client password hashed using bcrypt
client_name - name of the client
redirect_uris - registered redirect URIs for redirect to original application
scope - supported OAuth 2.1 scopes
settings.token.access-token-time-to-live - access token time to live
settings.token.refresh-token-time-to-live - refresh token time to live
settings.token.authorization-code-time-to-live - authorization code time to live

The remaining parameters should not be changed, because they correspond to the Spring Authorization Server integration.

Note: bcrypt(‘changeme’, 12) => ‘$2a$12$MkYsT5igDXSDgRwyDVz1B.93h8F81E4GZJd/spy/1vhjM4CJgeed.’

You can use htpasswd from Apache HTTP server to generate bcrypt hashes.

AFS configuration

Anti-fraud system integration needs to be configured in table ns_operation_config.

Following parameters are configured for each AFS configuration:

afs_config_id - unique identifier of AFS configuration which is configured in ns_operation_config table to link operation with AFS configuration
js_snippet_url - URL which should be used for executing JavaScript code from anti-fraud system
parameters - reserved for future use, specify value {}

AFS also needs to be configured using application properties:

powerauth.webflow.afs.enabled - enables AFS integration
powerauth.webflow.afs.type - AFS product type (e.g. THREAT_MARK)
powerauth.webflow.afs.detectIpAddress - whether Web Flow should attempt to detect client IP addresses
powerauth.webflow.afs.forceIpv4 - whether only IPv4 addresses should be used when detecting client IP addresses
powerauth.webflow.afs.tm.cookies.deviceTag - name of Threat Mark deviceTag cookie
powerauth.webflow.afs.tm.cookies.sessionSid - name of Threat Mark sessionSid cookie

Authentication methods and next step definitions

Authentication methods and next step definitions need to be configured during Web Flow deployment.

See chapter Configuring Next Step for details.

Mobile token configuration

Mobile token needs to be enabled and configured in case it should be available for Web Flow.

See chapter Mobile Token Configuration for details.

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