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= Spring Security
Spring Security provides security services for the https://docs.spring.io[Spring IO Platform]. Spring Security 6.0 requires Spring 6.0 as
a minimum and also requires Java 17.
For a detailed list of features and access to the latest release, please visit https://spring.io/projects[Spring projects].
== Code of Conduct
Please see our https://github.com/spring-projects/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md[code of conduct]
== Downloading Artifacts
See https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/reference/html5/#getting[Getting Spring Security] for how to obtain Spring Security.
== Documentation
Be sure to read the https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/[Spring Security Reference].
Extensive JavaDoc for the Spring Security code is also available in the https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/api/[Spring Security API Documentation].
== Quick Start
See https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/reference/html5/#servlet-hello[Hello Spring Security] to get started with a "Hello, World" application.
== Building from Source
Spring Security uses a https://gradle.org[Gradle]-based build system.
In the instructions below, https://vimeo.com/34436402[`./gradlew`] is invoked from the root of the source tree and serves as
a cross-platform, self-contained bootstrap mechanism for the build.
=== Prerequisites
https://help.github.com/set-up-git-redirect[Git] and the https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads[JDK17 build].
Be sure that your `JAVA_HOME` environment variable points to the `jdk-17` folder extracted from the JDK download.
=== Check out sources
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git clone git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-security.git
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=== Install all spring-\* jars into your local Maven cache
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./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
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=== Compile and test; build all jars, distribution zips, and docs
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./gradlew build
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Discover more commands with `./gradlew tasks`.
See also the https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/Gradle-build-and-release-FAQ[Gradle build and release FAQ].
== Getting Support
Check out the https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-security[Spring Security tags on Stack Overflow].
https://spring.io/services[Commercial support] is available too.
== Contributing
https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request[Pull requests] are welcome; see the https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.adoc[contributor guidelines] for details.
== License
Spring Security is Open Source software released under the
https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html[Apache 2.0 license].
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