How can I test my policy? What after generate Balana jar files?

Question

I have installed Balana correctly and run mvn clean install with no error, How can I get benefit from Jar file? How can I test the policy that I have written in XACML?

Answer 1

Balana is just the engine. Once you Balana compiled (and presumably jarred), you need to start it and pass it the XACML policies you wrote. Now, at start-up, Balana should validate that the files are valid XACML 2.0 or XACML 3.0 files.

What you want to do next is send an authorization request using a tool e.g. SoapUI or Postman to the endpoint Balana exposes (if any that is). That will help you validate the endpoint.

PS: I have limited experience with Balana. I work mostly with Axiomatics Policy Server (disclaimer: it's where I work).

PS2: if you want to stay down the path of open source, check out AuthZForce. It's much more active.