Data Auditing Using JaVers and Spring Data MongoDB

In this story, we’ll see how to use JaVers in a simple Spring Boot app and MongoDB environment to track changes.

· Prerequisites
· Overview
∘ What is JaVers
∘ Why use JaVers
· Spring Boot Project Set-up
∘ JaVers Dependencies
∘ JaversRepository Configuration
∘ Code implementation
· Testing
· Author Provider
· Retrieving Audit Information From JaVers Snapshots Repository
· Conclusion
· References

Prerequisites

This is the list of all the prerequisites:

• Spring Boot 3+
• Maven 3.6.+
• Java 17 or later
• MongoDB instance installed

Overview

What is JaVers

JaVers is a lightweight, fully open-source Java library for auditing changes in application data.

The usage of this tool is not limited to debugging and auditing only. It can be successfully applied to perform analysis, force security…