Logging into web application

Users can log into a web application using multiple ways supported by Spring Security:

  • HTTP basic authentication: These processes the basic credentials presented in the header of the HTTP request. HTTP basic authentication is generally used with stateless clients which pass their credentials on each request.
  • Form-based login service: This provides the default login form page for users to log into the web application.
  • Logout service: This allows users to log out of this application.
  • Anonymous login: This grants authority to an anonymous user like normal user.
  • Remember Me support: This remembers a user's identity across multiple browser sessions.

First, we will disable the HTTP autoconfiguration by removing the auto-config ...

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