How to create a new Authority

Tip submitted by @Tonterias

Let’s say that you need a new authority besides the given ones of ADMIN and USER.

Modify AuthoritiesConstants.java file to include your new authorities:

/**
 * Constants for Spring Security authorities.
 */
public final class AuthoritiesConstants {

    public static final String ADMIN = "ROLE_ADMIN";

    public static final String USER = "ROLE_USER";

    public static final String ANONYMOUS = "ROLE_ANONYMOUS";

    private AuthoritiesConstants() {
    }
}

Do not forget to include your new role in your authorities.csv:

name
ROLE_ADMIN
ROLE_USER
ROLE_ANONYMOUS

With that, you will be able to use it in your SecurityConfiguration.java or in (FrontpageconfigResource.java), for example:

@DeleteMapping("/order-items/{id}")
@Timed
@PreAuthorize("hasAuthority('ROLE_ADMIN')")
public ResponseEntity<Void> deleteOrderItem(@PathVariable Long id) {
    ...
}

and/or Angular files: jhiHasAnyAuthority=[‘ROLE_ADMIN’. ‘ROLE_X’ ……] or even consider to use it in the routes:

export const messageRoute: Routes = [
    {
        path: 'message',
        component: MessageComponent,
        data: {
            authorities: ['ROLE_USER'],
            pageTitle: 'Messages'
        },
        canActivate: [UserRouteAccessService]
    }
];

The open-source example is at JhipsterPress: https://github.com/Tonterias/JhipsterPress