A simple JWT authentication for Next.js with the ability to authenticate existing users.
This project uses cookies for storing JWT token, for best security practices use httpOnly cookies.
- Node.js
- NPM
- JWT server - see backend directory for instructions
/- Home page/secured- Secured page (accessible ONLY when user is authenticated)/logout- Log out user by removing token from cookie
Install all dependencies:
npm install
Configure the server:
By default app send requests to auth server on localhost:3001 But it can be changed with environment variable - API_URL For more info see next.config.js
Run the server:
npm start