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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/reference/getting-spring-security.html[Getting Spring Security] for how to obtain Spring Security.
== Documentation Be sure to read the https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/[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].
You may also want to check out https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/whats-new.html[what's new in the latest release].
== Quick Start See https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/getting-started.html[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://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/set-up-git[Git] and the https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java17[JDK17 build].
Be sure that your JAVA_HOME environment variable points to the jdk-17 folder extracted from the JDK download.
=== Install all spring-*.jar into your local Maven repository.
=== Compile and test; build all JARs, distribution zips, and docs
The reference docs are not currently included in the distribution zip. You can build the reference docs for this branch by running the following command:
That command publishes the docs site to the _docs/build/site_ directory.
The https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/tree/docs-build[playbook branch] describes how to build the reference docs in detail.
Discover more commands with ./gradlew tasks.
== Getting Support Check out the https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-security[Spring Security tags on Stack Overflow]. https://spring.io/support[Commercial support] is available too.
== Contributing https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/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].