Add user authentication to your Spring app

• Java
• Spring

Get started with Spring + Okta

These resources walks you through adding user authentication to your Spring app in minutes.

• Sign users in quickstart
• Protect your API quickstart
• Sample app

Integrate with Okta using the Okta-hosted Sign-In Widget

These SDKs help you integrate with Okta by redirecting to the Okta Sign-In Widget using OpenID Connect (OIDC) client libraries.

Spring redirect authentication sample app (opens new window): See Okta-Hosted Login (opens new window) for a redirect configuration.

Integrate with Okta using embedded Sign-In Widget and SDKs

These SDKs help you integrate with Okta to build your own fully-branded authentication by embedding an Okta Sign-In Widget and/or SDK.

• Okta Identity Engine Java SDK (opens new window)
• Spring embedded Sign-In Widget sample app (opens new window)

Spring libraries and samples

• The Okta Spring Boot Starter (opens new window) can be used to add OAuth 2.0 authorization to Spring Boot applications.
• Spring Security OAuth Sample Applications for Okta (opens new window)

Recommended guides

Okta-hosted Sign-In Widget guide:

Sign users in to your web app using the redirect model

Embedded SDK and Sign-In Widget sign-in guide:

• Get set up with Identity Engine sample apps and embedded use cases

Other guides:

• Protect your API endpoints
• Add an identity provider (includes social login)
• Validate access tokens
• Validate ID tokens
• Spring Security SAML

Note: Browse our recent Spring Developer Blog posts (opens new window) for further useful topics.