How to Add HTTPS Support to Your Spring Boot App?

Introduction

In this post, we will walk through how to configure HTTPS in a Spring Boot application using self-signed certificates to encrypt connections and add transport layer security.

What You'll Need

• Docker


• Domain Name


• AWS EC2 Instance


• Java


• Spring Boot


• Code Editor


• Terminal Access

What You Should Know

• Basic Docker commands like run, build, etc.


• How to create an A record in DNS.


• Spring Boot basics - creating a project, running with Gradle/Maven etc.


• Basic Linux commands like cd, ls, …

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