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Converting Legacy Properties Files into a FileSystemRealm with Elytron Tool

converting-legacy-properties-files-into-a-filesystemrealm Overview In WildFly 16, Elytron Tool now provides a command for easily converting any legacy properties files into a FileSystemRealm. This blog post will give an overview of the two ways parameters can be specified for this command, the various parameters, and an example of how to convert both properties files for both a single users-roles mapping and for specifying multiple files at once. The Two Ways to Specify Parameters This new command, FileSystemRealmCommand, allows the ability to specify the input files and Elytron object names on either the command line, ideal for a single users-roles combination, or through a text file called a Descriptor File, ideal for multiple users-roles combinations. In either case, the general use options will have to be specified on the command line, which are: --help --debug --silent --summary Both the command line and descriptor file have three required par