Spring Boot Security Demo

A simple demo application to showcase Spring Security features with Spring Boot. This project demonstrates basic authentication, role-based authorization, and a custom login page.

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Features
• Technologies Used
• Project Structure
• Setup and Installation
• Usage
• Endpoints
• Credentials
• Contributing
• License
• Contact

Overview

This project is a minimal implementation of Spring Security integrated with Spring Boot. It serves as a starting point for developers who want to learn how to secure their web applications using Spring Security. The demo includes basic authentication and role-based access control.

Features

• Basic Authentication: Secure endpoints with username and password.
• Role-based Authorization: Restrict access to certain endpoints based on user roles.
• Custom Login Page: A simple custom login form for user authentication.
• Logout Functionality: Ability to log out users securely.

Technologies Used

• Spring Boot: Version 3.2.x - Framework for building Java-based applications.
• Spring Security: For securing the application with authentication and authorization.
• Java: Version 17 - Programming language.
• Maven: Dependency management and build tool.
• Thymeleaf (optional): For rendering the custom login page.

Project Structure