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 championships
• responsive design (mobile first design)
• extra betting of 1st, 2nd and 3rd winner
• image gallery
• user profile image
• database support for H2 (for development) and PostgreSQL (production setup)
• 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
• NEW: Integration of football-data.org API for automatic match import and live score updates
  • European football championships and world cups are supported currently (more will follow...)

Testing it locally

Building and running with Java 25 and Maven installed

You can run the application locally if you have Java 25 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

You can override all properties setup in the src/main/resources/application.yml. Please have a look at Spring Boots externalized configuration documentation on how to setup these properties as JVM parameters or environment variables.

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 Setup

Database Setup for Production Use

There are different database options to use with FredBet. The default one is a h2 file-based database, but this is for development and testing purposes only. For production setup you need to use a supported database (PostgreSQL, Maria DB or MySQL).

H2 (default, but NOT for production use)

These databases are supported for production use:

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Maria DB

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 (JVM param: spring.profiles.active=dev) 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:

• World Cup 2026

Screenshots

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