SpringForum

This is a simple web chat. It uses Spring MVC XML config, Hibernate, Thymeleaf, JPA, Spring Security, OAUTH 2.0, slf4j, log4j2, Lombok, MySQL, Jackson.

Prerequisites

1. Java 18+;
   • I have java 19.0.2.
2. MySQL server;
   • No explicit database initialization is needed;
   • Make sure you don't have anything important in db with name springforum.

How to run

1. Run MySQL server: Win+R -> mysqld --console
2. Set OAUTH_CLIENTID and OAUTH_CLIENTSECRET system environment variables;

   • You can get them here: https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials You may need this settings to create new OAuth 2.0 Client ID:

     • Authorized JavaScript origins = http://localhost:8080
     • Authorized redirect URIs = http://localhost:8080/login/oauth2/code/google

   • In Powershell syntax is: $env:OAUTH_CLIENTSECRET = 'blablabla' $env:OAUTH_CLIENTID = 'fake'

   • You can set those variables to random values, webapp will still work, but registration/login with Google wouldn't be available.

3. In project's root directory execute: mvn clean jetty:run
4. Visit http://localhost:8080

Possible Usage

1. Login as admin qwerty;
2. Post a new message;
3. Click on your name in top right corner, change your name to anything else;
   • Name under your existing message will be changed too;
4. Create new user at http://localhost:8080/createUser
5. Examine list of users at http://localhost:8080/users
6. Logout and login with your google account.