Company
Date Published
Author
Denis Rosa, Developer Advocate, Couchbase
Word count
2157
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The blog post details the integration of OAuth 2.0 authentication with Spring Security using the spring-security-oauth2 library, focusing on configurations beyond in-memory and JDBC data sources. It introduces a tutorial divided into three parts: authenticating users, configuring a token store, and setting up dynamic clients while using Couchbase with Spring Data for demonstration. The tutorial covers implementing a Resource Server and a CustomUserDetailsService to bridge data sources with Spring Security OAuth, emphasizing the importance of using a UserDetailsService interface for user authentication. It discusses configuring a SecurityConfig class to manage authentication, token storage, and CORS settings, and introduces an Authorization Server for managing client credentials and token validity. The author suggests using Couchbase's Key-Value Store for improved performance and invites readers to reach out for further questions.