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This is a sample project that demonstrates how to use JWT token-based authentication to protect RESTful APIs in a Spring Web MVC application.

Please refer to the step-by-step guide for a detailed explanation of the example codes.

The original code was written in Spring Boot 2.0. There are some slight differences in the main/master branch due to the changes introduced in the latest Spring Boot 3.x.

Please ensure that you have installed the following software.

• Java 21
• Apache Maven 3.9.x/4.0.0+
• Docker

Clone the source code from GitHub.

git clone https://github.com/hantsy/spring-webmvc-jwt-sample

Open a terminal, switch to the project's root folder, and run the following command to build the entire project.

docker compose up postgres // start up a postgres
mvn clean install // build the project

Please proceed with executing the following command to run the application.

mvn spring-boot: run
// or from the command line after building
java -jar target/xxx.jar

Any suggestions are welcome, filing an issue or submitting a PR is also highly recommended.