Spring Boot | React | Security | Full Stack App

Securing a Full Stack Web App implemented with Spring-Boot and React using Keycloak for IAM

Step-by-step guide on securing the MyToDoList application using Keycloak for Identity and Access Management

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In this article, we will demonstrate how to use Keycloak for securing a Full Stack Web application called MyToDoList, which was developed in the article below:

Implementing a Full Stack Web App using Spring Boot and React

If you’d like to follow along, please go through the instructions in the previous article (if you haven’t already). At the end, we will have two applications: the backend app called my-todo-list-api and the frontend app called my-todo-list-ui.

Ready to secure them? So, let’s get started!

Prerequisites

You must have Docker installed on your machine.

Starting Keycloak