Authentication and Authorization Design Patterns
Authentication and Authorization Design Patterns in Spring Boot 3 with Cloud Providers and Mainframes Authentication and Authorization Design Patterns in Spring Boot 3 with Spring Cloud for Azure, GCP, AWS Integrated with Mainframes Author: Naveen Kumar Gayar Published on: June 10, 2025 Introduction With enterprises transitioning to microservices and multi-cloud strategies, designing robust authentication and authorization (AuthN/AuthZ) mechanisms is critical. Spring Boot 3 and Spring Cloud offer powerful tools for building secure, cloud-integrated services. This whitepaper explores best practices and design patterns for implementing AuthN/AuthZ across cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS) while maintaining secure communication with legacy mainframe systems. Architecture Overview The typical architecture includes: Spring Boot 3 microservices using Spring Security Cloud-native identity providers (Azure AD, Google IAM, AWS Cog...