Next.js Full Stack Auth: Secure JWT, Cookies & Sessions with Custom Backend

check out: Login with Google using Node.js OAuth2.0    • Build a Secure Google Login System with No...   🔒 Master *Next.js Authentication* without third-party services! Learn how to build a *secure JWT-based auth system* using cookies & sessions without relying on Firebase, Supabase, or any third-party service**! 🚀 Say goodbye to third-party auth services and take full control of your authentication system! In this step-by-step tutorial, we cover: ✅ JWT-based authentication ✅ HttpOnly Cookies for enhanced security ✅ Session handling & best practices ✅ Protecting routes and APIs ✅ Preventing CSRF, XSS, and token theft 🚀 Tech Stack Used: 🔥 Next.JS 15 With App Router, Server Actions, Middleware 🔥 Framer Motion For Animations 🔥 Scalable Server/Client Components 🔥 Node.JS Express Backend Authentication Server 🔥 Redis for Caching 🔥 MySQL for storing User details 🔥 Docker and Docker Compose for Services of all apps System Design Basics:    • Messaging Queues in System Design | Produc...   Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction and Demo 04:02 Setting up Next.JS 15 app 06:00 Setup Nodejs app from GitHub repo 11:48 Add initial services for Backend using express 15:36 Run MySQL container on Docker with volumes 21:22 Run Redis container on Docker 23:14 Connect application to MySQL and Redis and Create tables 41:15 Building API for Create/Get user and add SQL Query for that 1:10:35 Hash passwords with bcryptjs and add login/signup routes 1:37:01 Generating and sending JWT Tokens for Auth 1:56:02 Encrypt Refresh tokens with crypto and store in Redis Cache with TTL 2:30:12 Set tokens in HTTP-Only cookies 2:54:36 Starting Next.JS app on frontend and creating login/signup pages 3:06:08 Introduction to Form Actions (Server Actions and Client Actions) 3:09:30 Creating Schema using ZOD schema 3:23:24 Creating Login and Signup Server Actions (Form Actions) with axios interceptors 3:46:18 Set cookies manually using set-cookie-parser 3:59:14 Validate cookies and access/refresh tokens by adding middleware on backend and frontend 5:09:30 Creating profile access route with middleware on backend. 5:23:04 Designing webpages with framer-motion 5:59:36 Optimizing app 6:07:04 Creating Dockerfile for backend and frontend 6:15:34 Creating docker-compose.yml for Nextjs, nodejs apps with adding separate envs for db 6:26:14 Summary and Next Steps 📌 *Source Code:* Template: https://github.com/Nikhilthadani/Node... Full Code: https://github.com/Nikhilthadani/Next... 📌 *Linkedin:*   / indiancoders   🔔 *Subscribe for More Full-Stack Tutorials!* 👍 *Like & Comment* if this helped you! Video tags: Nextjs 15 Authentication project,nextjs authentication, nextjs jwt authentication, nextjs auth tutorial, nodejs authentication, secure nextjs auth,