WildFly Elytron is a new WildFly sub-project which is completely replacing the combination of PicketBox and JAAS as the WildFly client and server security mechanism.

An "elytron" (ĕl´·ĭ·trŏn, plural "elytra") is the hard, protective casing over a wing of certain flying insects (e.g. beetles).

$ git clone git@github.com:wildfly-security/wildfly-elytron.git

To use dependencies from JBoss.org, you need to add the JBoss Maven Repositories to your Maven settings.xml. For details see http://community.jboss.org/wiki/MavenGettingStarted-Users

The command below builds the project and runs the embedded suite.

$ mvn clean install

Bugs and features are tracked within the Elytron Jira project at https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ELY

When submitting bug fixes please start from the 1.3.x branch and submit the pull request against this branch.

All new features and enhancements should be submitted to 1.x branch only.

https://developer.jboss.org/wiki/GettingStartedWithWildFlyElytron