The flow of HTTPS requests through a Spring Boot application typically involves the following steps:
The client sends an HTTPS request to the Spring Boot application over a secure connection (HTTPS).
The request is received by the Spring Boot application's embedded servlet container (e.g., Tomcat, Jetty). The container's SSL/TLS implementation handles the decryption of the HTTPS request and verifies the client's certificate (if required).
The request is passed to the appropriate Spring MVC controller based on the request mapping and routing configuration.
The controller processes the request, performs any necessary business logic, and generates a response.
The response is encrypted and sent back to the client over a secure HTTPS connection.