🐛 Defect Management System

Defect Management is a robust Spring Boot application designed to orchestrate the software testing lifecycle. It provides a secure, role-based RESTful API for tracking bugs, managing resolutions, and maintaining a transparent audit trail of project defects.

🛠️ Technologies Used

🔹 Backend

Spring Boot 3.2.2
Spring Data JPA (Persistence Layer)
Spring Web (RESTful Services)
Spring Security 6 (JWT & RBAC)
Spring AOP (Audit & Logging)

🔹 Database

PostgreSQL (Production - Azure Flexible Server)
H2 Database (Local Development & Testing)

🔹 Security & Authentication

jjwt 0.11.5 (JSON Web Tokens)

🔹 Documentation

springdoc-openapi 2.4.0 (Swagger UI)

🔹 Utilities

Lombok
SLF4J
Hibernate Validator

🚀 Getting Started

✅ Prerequisites

Java 17 (LTS)
Maven 3.8+
PostgreSQL (Optional for local setup)

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/krtksharma/defect-tracker-backend.git cd defect-tracker-backend

2. Configure Database

Update src/main/resources/application-azure.yml or set environment variables:

spring: datasource: url: jdbc:postgresql://${DB_HOST}:5432/${DB_NAME} username: ${DB_USER} password: ${DB_PASSWORD}

3. Build and Run the Application

mvn clean install mvn spring-boot:run

4. Access API Documentation

http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui/index.html

📡 API Endpoints

🔐 Authentication

URL: /api/users/login
Method: POST
Description: Validates credentials and returns a Bearer Token

Request Body: { "userName": "tester", "password": "password123" }

Response (200 OK): { "token": "eyJhbG...", "role": "ROLE_TESTER" }