1. Project Initialization (Using Spring Initializr)

• Go to start.spring.io.
• Configure your project:
  • Project: Gradle - Kotlin
  • Language: Kotlin
  • Spring Boot: 3.2.x or latest stable 3.x
  • Project Metadata:
    • Group: com.example (or your preferred group ID)
    • Artifact: regent
    • Name: regent
    • Description: Regent Job Orchestration Platform
    • Package name: com.endlessuphill.regent (or adjust based on Group/Artifact)
    • Packaging: Jar
    • Java: 17 (or newer)
  • Dependencies: Click “Add Dependencies” and add the following:
    • Spring Reactive Web
    • Spring Data R2DBC
    • PostgreSQL Driver (ensure it’s the R2DBC one, io.r2dbc:r2dbc-postgresql)
    • Spring Data Redis (Reactive)
    • Spring Security
    • Validation (useful for request body validation later)
    • Jackson Module Kotlin
    • Flyway Migration (for DB schema management)
    • (For JWT later - we’ll add these manually if needed, but they are: io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api, io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-impl, io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-jackson)
• Click “Generate” and download the zip file.

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