In this tutorial, you’ll migrate Spring Boot with OAuth 2.0 support from version 1.5.x to 2.1.x. Spring Boot 2.1.x promotes OpenID Connect to a first-class citizen in the stack, making implementation more accessible than ever. We’ll start with integrating Okta’s OAuth service using Spring Boot 1.5.19 and Spring Security 4.2.x and then replicate the same motion using Spring Boot 2.1.3 and Spring Security 5.1. To make the process even simpler, we’ll minimize the code and configuration even further with Okta’s Spring Boot Starter with Spring Boot 2.1.3.
Three Minute Overview of OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0
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