Add Basic Authentication (Console - based)

If you just want to see how the authentication looks like in Spring Boot, this blog is for you. Basic Authentication Create any controller which you want to secure. @GetMapping("/") public String helloWorld() { return "Hello World"; } Add the spring-boot-starter-security dependency in pom.xml file. It will automatically add the security on all the endpoints. org.springframework.boot spring-boot-starter-security Now, start the app and you will see a random generated string on the console. Go to a