In this article, we'll discuss how to use Spring Boot and HTTPS for secure web communication. We'll cover the following topics:
HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is a protocol for secure communication over the internet. HTTPS uses encryption to protect the data being transmitted between a web server and a web browser. This makes it more difficult for someone to eavesdrop on the communication and
HTTPS is important because it helps to ensure the privacy and security of the data being transmitted. When you visit a website over HTTPS, you can be sure that the data you're sending and receiving is encrypted and safe from being intercepted.
Spring Boot makes it easy to configure HTTPS in your application. To do so, you'll need to add the following to your application.properties file:
server.port=8443
server.ssl.key-store=classpath:keystore.jks
server.ssl.key-store-password=secret
server.ssl.keyAlias=mykey
In the above configuration, we've specified that our application will run on port 8443 and that we'll be using a keystore file called keystore.jks. We've also specified the password for our keystore file and the alias for our SSL certificate.
To test your HTTPS configuration, you can use the following curl command:
curl --insecure https://localhost:8443/
If your configuration is correct, you should see the following output:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="ISO-8859-1">
<title>Welcome Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome!</h1>
</body>
</html>
In this article, we've discussed how to use Spring Boot and HTTPS for secure web communication. We've covered the following topics:
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