diff --git a/apache-shiro/pom.xml b/apache-shiro/pom.xml
index 97ed872a26..711ddb5cee 100644
--- a/apache-shiro/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-shiro/pom.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5.2.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-freemarker</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.shiro</groupId>
+            <artifactId>shiro-spring-boot-web-starter</artifactId>
+            <version>${apache-shiro-core-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.shiro</groupId>
             <artifactId>shiro-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ShiroSpringApplication.java b/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ShiroSpringApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e12d3ebffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ShiroSpringApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.baeldung;
+
+import org.apache.shiro.realm.Realm;
+import org.apache.shiro.spring.web.config.DefaultShiroFilterChainDefinition;
+import org.apache.shiro.spring.web.config.ShiroFilterChainDefinition;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+
+/**
+ * Created by smatt on 21/08/2017.
+ */
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class ShiroSpringApplication {
+
+    private static final transient Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ShiroSpringApplication.class);
+
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(ShiroSpringApplication.class, args);
+    }
+
+
+    @Bean
+    public Realm realm() {
+        return new MyCustomRealm();
+    }
+
+
+    @Bean
+    public ShiroFilterChainDefinition shiroFilterChainDefinition() {
+        DefaultShiroFilterChainDefinition filter
+          = new DefaultShiroFilterChainDefinition();
+
+        filter.addPathDefinition("/secure", "authc");
+        filter.addPathDefinition("/**", "anon");
+
+        return filter;
+    }
+
+
+
+
+}
diff --git a/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/controllers/ShiroSpringController.java b/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/controllers/ShiroSpringController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6e72b2579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/controllers/ShiroSpringController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package com.baeldung.controllers;
+
+import com.baeldung.models.UserCredentials;
+import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils;
+import org.apache.shiro.authc.AuthenticationException;
+import org.apache.shiro.authc.UsernamePasswordToken;
+import org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.RedirectAttributes;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+@Controller
+public class ShiroSpringController {
+
+
+
+    @GetMapping("/")
+    public String index() {
+       return "index";
+    }
+
+
+    @RequestMapping( value = "/login", method = {RequestMethod.GET, RequestMethod.POST})
+    public String login(HttpServletRequest req, UserCredentials cred, RedirectAttributes attr) {
+
+      if(req.getMethod().equals(RequestMethod.GET.toString())) {
+        return "login";
+      }
+      else {
+
+        Subject subject = SecurityUtils.getSubject();
+
+        if(!subject.isAuthenticated()) {
+          UsernamePasswordToken token = new UsernamePasswordToken(
+            cred.getUsername(), cred.getPassword(), cred.isRememberMe());
+          try {
+            subject.login(token);
+          } catch (AuthenticationException ae) {
+              ae.printStackTrace();
+              attr.addFlashAttribute("error", "Invalid Credentials");
+              return "redirect:/login";
+          }
+        }
+
+        return "redirect:/secure";
+      }
+    }
+
+
+    @GetMapping("/secure")
+    public String secure(ModelMap modelMap) {
+
+        Subject currentUser = SecurityUtils.getSubject();
+        String role = "", permission = "";
+
+        if(currentUser.hasRole("admin")) {
+            role = role  + "You are an Admin";
+        }
+        else if(currentUser.hasRole("editor")) {
+            role = role + "You are an Editor";
+        }
+        else if(currentUser.hasRole("author")) {
+            role = role + "You are an Author";
+        }
+
+        if(currentUser.isPermitted("articles:compose")) {
+            permission = permission + "You can compose an article, ";
+        } else {
+            permission = permission + "You are not permitted to compose an article!, ";
+        }
+
+        if(currentUser.isPermitted("articles:save")) {
+            permission = permission + "You can save articles, ";
+        } else {
+            permission = permission + "\nYou can not save articles, ";
+        }
+
+        if(currentUser.isPermitted("articles:publish")) {
+            permission = permission  + "\nYou can publish articles";
+        } else {
+            permission = permission + "\nYou can not publish articles";
+        }
+
+        modelMap.addAttribute("username", currentUser.getPrincipal());
+        modelMap.addAttribute("permission", permission);
+        modelMap.addAttribute("role", role);
+
+        return "secure";
+    }
+
+
+    @PostMapping("/logout")
+    public String logout() {
+       Subject subject = SecurityUtils.getSubject();
+       subject.logout();
+       return "redirect:/";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/models/UserCredentials.java b/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/models/UserCredentials.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51b429046a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-shiro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/models/UserCredentials.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.baeldung.models;
+
+public class UserCredentials {
+
+    private String username;
+    private String password;
+    private boolean rememberMe = false;
+
+    public UserCredentials() {}
+
+    public String getUsername() {
+        return username;
+    }
+
+    public void setUsername(String username) {
+        this.username = username;
+    }
+
+    public String getPassword() {
+        return password;
+    }
+
+    public void setPassword(String password) {
+        this.password = password;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isRememberMe() {
+        return rememberMe;
+    }
+
+    public void setRememberMe(boolean rememberMe) {
+        this.rememberMe = rememberMe;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "username = " + getUsername()
+                + "\nrememberMe = " + isRememberMe();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/application.properties b/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bcb6b3352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+server.port=9000
+server.servlet-path=/
+server.context-path=/
+
+#shiro-spring-boot-config
+shiro.loginUrl = /login
+shiro.successUrl = /secure
+shiro.unauthorizedUrl = /login
+
+#freemarker
+spring.freemarker.suffix=.ftl
diff --git a/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/templates/index.ftl b/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/templates/index.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0210d656fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/templates/index.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+    <title>Index</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <h1>Welcome Guest!</h1>
+    <br>
+    <a href="/login">Login</a>
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/templates/login.ftl b/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/templates/login.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a0552dc2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/templates/login.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+    <title>Login</title>
+</head>
+<body style="margin-left: 30px;">
+<h3>Login</h3>
+<br>
+<form action="/login" method="post">
+    <#if (error?length > 0)??>
+        <p style="color:darkred;">${error}</p>
+    <#else>
+    </#if>
+
+    <label for="username">Username</label>
+    <br>
+    <input type="text" name="username">
+    <br><br>
+    <label for="password">Password</label>
+    <br>
+    <input type="password" name="password">
+    <br><br>
+    <input type="checkbox" name="rememberMe"> Remember Me
+    <br><br>
+    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
+</form>
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/templates/secure.ftl b/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/templates/secure.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4466a0162f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-shiro/src/main/resources/templates/secure.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+    <title>Secure</title>
+</head>
+<body style="margin-left: 30px;">
+<h1>Welcome ${username}!</h1>
+<p><strong>Role</strong>: ${role}</p>
+<p><strong>Permissions</strong></p>
+<p>${permission}</p>
+<br>
+<form role="form" action="/logout" method="POST">
+   <input type="Submit" value="Logout" />
+</form>
+</body>
+</html>
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