Add authentication, security, and JWT functionality

.gitattributes

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+/mvnw text eol=lf
+*.cmd text eol=crlf

.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml

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+name: Use Template Java CI/CD
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main", "dev" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "**" ]
+
+jobs:
+  call-ci:
+    uses: Podzilla/templates/.github/workflows/ci.yml@main
+    with:
+      branch: 'refs/heads/main'  # <<< Passes the branch name dynamically
+    secrets: inherit

.github/workflows/linter.yml

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+name: Use Template Linter
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "**" ]
+
+jobs:
+  call-linter:
+    uses: Podzilla/templates/.github/workflows/super-linter.yml@main
+    with:
+      branch: 'dev'
+    secrets: inherit

.gitignore

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+HELP.md
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/

docker-compose.yml

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+services:
+  backend:
+    image: openjdk:25-ea-4-jdk-oraclelinux9
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    env_file:
+      - secret.env
+    depends_on:
+      - auth_db
+    environment:
+      - SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:postgresql://auth_db:5432/authDB
+    volumes:
+      - ./target:/app
+      - ./logs:/logs
+    command: [ "java", "-jar", "/app/auth-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar" ]
+
+  auth_db:
+    image: postgres:latest
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: 1234
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_DB: authDB
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+
+  loki:
+    image: grafana/loki:latest
+    ports:
+      - "3100:3100"
+    command: -config.file=/etc/loki/local-config.yaml
+
+  promtail:
+    image: grafana/promtail:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ./promtail-config.yml:/etc/promtail/promtail-config.yaml
+      - ./logs:/logs
+    command: -config.file=/etc/promtail/promtail-config.yaml
+    depends_on:
+      - loki
+
+  grafana:
+    image: grafana/grafana:latest
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    depends_on:
+      - loki