Sample vaadin application that uses shiro jdbcrealm as security provide. Maven ==================================================================================== - install maven 3 - execute command: mvn clean install Tomcat ==================================================================================== - install Tomcat 7 - deploy war - open in web browser the url http://localhost:8080/vaadin-shiro-simple/ - Login with one of the following users: * admin with password admin, * demo with password demo, * view with password view shiro.ini confgigurations ==================================================================================== [main] jdbcRealm = org.apache.shiro.realm.jdbc.JdbcRealm jdbcRealm.permissionsLookupEnabled = true jdbcRealm.authenticationQuery = SELECT password FROM users WHERE username = ? jdbcRealm.userRolesQuery = SELECT role_name FROM user_roles WHERE username = ? jdbcRealm.permissionsQuery = SELECT roleper FROM roles_permissions WHERE role_name = ? ds = com.jolbox.bonecp.BoneCPDataSource ds.driverClass=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver ds.jdbcUrl=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dbname ds.username = username ds.password = password jdbcRealm.dataSource=$ds database layout ==================================================================================== CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `roles_permissions` ( `roleper` char(50) NOT NULL, `role_name` char(50) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` ( `username` char(50) NOT NULL, `password` char(50) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user_roles` ( `role_name` char(50) NOT NULL, `username` char(50) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; Eclipse ==================================================================================== I used Helios Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers Recommended plugins: - m2e - m2e-extras (WTP plugin required only) - Vaadin eclipse plugin You can import the project via Maven->Existing Maven Projects. Execute following operations: - Maven->Update Dependencies - Maven->Update Project Configuration - RunAs->Maven Install - Project->Clean - Run As->Run on Server