FredBet

What´s FredBet?

Simple football betting application using Spring Boot, Thymeleaf and Bootstrap. The web pages are constructed in responsive design for using on mobile devices.

Features

• simple betting of football championchips
• responsive design (mobile first design)
• extra betting of 1st, 2nd and 3rd winner
• image gallery (image storage support: filesystem, database)
• user profile image
• multiple database types supported (H2, MariaDB, MySQL, PostgeSQL)
• integrated user administration
• rich text editor for rules, prices and misc pages
• points statistic
• display other users bets after match kickoff
• ranking page
• Microsoft Excel match import
• Microsoft Excel bets, statistic export
• language switcher (supported languages: englisch, german, polish, catalan, spanish, swedish)
• ranking filter for adults and childs listing
• integrated testing capabilities: create demo users, matches, bets...
• configurable runtime configuration
• use a joker to double your points
• self registration (can be disabled)
• PDF export of user ranking
• Group standings
• change UI design themes

Testing it locally

Building and running with Java 21 and Maven installed

You can run the application locally if you have Java 21 and Maven installed. Run the following command:

mvn install spring-boot:run

It will build and run the application. The web UI will be available at http://localhost:8080/ and runs (by default) with an in-memory H2 database. Log in with the admin account admin/admin.

Building and running with Docker and Docker Compose

If you have Docker and Docker Compose installed you can build the application with:

docker compose --profile app build

The next command starts the container connecting to the postgres database:

docker compose --profile app up -d

Running the released Docker image

The released docker image is available on:

Docker Hub

You can browse the available releases at Docker Hub. Please check for the latest released version or use the latest tag for current development image (not stable).

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 fred4jupiter/fredbet:<VERSION_TAG>

Use the last version tag published or leave empty to use the latest one.

Github Container Registry

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 ghcr.io/fred4jupiter/fredbet:<VERSION_TAG>

Building your own Docker image

mvn clean install
docker build -t fredbet .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 fredbet

This will build (and run) an image with name fredbet.

Running with Docker Compose

There are some docker compose files available to run the application e.g. with a separate database. This configuration is recommended for production use.

You can find the docker compose example files in folder extra/docker-compose and its subdirectories.

FredBet Properties

These properties has to be set at application startup.

Key	Default Value	Description
spring.profiles.active	h2	Active Spring profile at startup. Possible values: h2,dev,maria,mysql,postgres.
fredbet.image-location	DATABASE	Location where to store the images/photos. Possible values: FILE_SYSTEM, DATABASE
fredbet.image-file-system-base-folder	user home folder	In case you selected to save the images in file system this is the path to the folder.
fredbet.default-language	de	The default language you prefer.

Please have a look at Spring Boots externalized configuration documentation on how to setup these properties as JVM parameters or environment variables.

Database Properties

Key	Default Value	Description
spring.datasource.url	jdbc:h2:file:~/fredbet/fredbetdb;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE	JDBC connection URL.
spring.datasource.username	sa	The database username.
spring.datasource.password		The database password.
spring.datasource.driver-class-name	org.h2.Driver	see driver class below

Driver class names

Database	Driver Class	Spring Profile
H2	org.h2.Driver	h2
MySQL	com.mysql.jdbc.Driver	mysql
MariaDB	org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver	maria
PostgreSQL	org.postgresql.Driver	postgres

Activate the spring profile via JVM (e.g. -Dspring.profiles.active=h2) or system environment variable (e.g. SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE=h2).

Runtime Configuration

Some configuration parameters are configurable at runtime. You have to be administrator to edit these values. Following settings can be changed at runtime:

• Log Level
• Clearing caches (for available navigation entries, user child relation on ranking page, runtime configuration parameters)
• enable separate adults and children ranking
• changeable usernames
• menu entry for generating test data (for testing only!)
• favourite country (will be used in points statistics)
• used password on password reset
• points for extra bets
• UI design theme

Production Environment

FredBet is designed to run within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud as production environment. Typically you run the docker container in EC2 container service (ECS) with these environment properties:

Key	Value	Description
spring.profiles.active	e.g. postgres	see section Driver class names

Other properties depend on your production setup (see possible properties above). Add also the properties for your database connection (see above).

Docker Compose with Traefik, Postgres, Let´s Encrypt Integration and AWS S3 Backup

Another option is to run all on a virtual machine with a Docker Compose file. You can use the example located in extra/docker-compose/traefik_letsencrypt. Copy the .env.template to .env and set the values accordingly.

Hints

-Dspring.liquibase.enabled = false

Disabling Liquibase database migration at all. This may be useful if you have an already populated database schema.

Health Check

You can call this URL for a health check:

http://localhost:8080/actuator/health

You will see a response of {"status":"UP"}. The health check URL is callable without authentication.

H2-Console

While running in dev profile the H2 web console is available at http://localhost:8080/console.

MS Excel-Templates ready to import

The following Microsoft Excel templates with matches are prepared for import:

• EM 2024

Screenshots

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