Spring Security In Action Second Edition [exclusive] -

For more information, I recommend checking out the Spring Security documentation and the book "Spring Security in Action, Second Edition" by Craig Walls.

To go stateless, we need to disable session creation entirely: spring security in action second edition

: Offers deep, practical coverage on building your own authorization server, configuring resource servers, and managing client logins. For more information, I recommend checking out the

If you are still relying on HttpSession to store SecurityContext , you are building a scalability time bomb. This article explores the practical shift from Stateful to Stateless authentication using JSON Web Tokens (JWT)—a cornerstone of the updated second edition. For more information

The second edition isn’t just a "patch" to the old book; it’s a ground-up rewrite that addresses:

<authentication-manager> <authentication-provider> <user-service> <user name="user" password="password" authorities="ROLE_USER" /> </user-service> </authentication-provider> </authentication-manager>