Description of the illustration basicauthFlow

The figure illustrates the flow of basic authentication for human users. The flow is as follows:

1. The client requests a protected OSM resource.
2. The Authentication Service validates if request is authenticated.
3. WebLogic redirects to the OSM login page.
4. The client sends the username and password to the Authentication service in Weblogic.
5. External LDAP authenticates user's credential.
6. Weblogic returns the protected resource.