When everything is put together, build and run the Retro Board, which we will be able to access using the http://<host>:<port> URL.
There are several ways to run a Spring Boot application, some of which are:
- Running the Spring Boot application main class using an IDE
- Building a JAR or WAR file using the following Maven command and then running:
$ mvn clean install
$ java -jar target/<package-name>.[jar|war]
- Running using the Spring Boot Maven plugin:
$ mvn clean spring-boot:run
After running, the Retro Board web application will launch the login screen as follows:
This login screen is the default login screen for form logins in Spring Security. A username/password combination created in SecurityConfig can be used to log in to the system. After successful login, the user will be routed to the comments page, which is as follows...