This guide explains what Spring Boot Actuator is, how to add the dependency, configure exposed endpoints, use common health and metrics endpoints, secure access with basic authentication, limit exposure, and create custom endpoints with full code examples.
Explore comprehensive Spring Boot 3 Actuator capabilities—including enabling CORS, creating custom endpoints, configuring health indicators, HTTP tracing, security auditing, and process monitoring—through detailed explanations, YAML configurations, and full Java code examples, empowering developers to effectively monitor and manage production-ready applications.
This guide shows how to set up Spring Boot 2.4.12, add the Actuator starter, configure custom ports, and create custom Actuator endpoints using three approaches—@Endpoint, @ServletEndpoint, and @RestControllerEndpoint—complete with code samples and access URLs.
Learn how to enable and use Spring Boot Actuator's monitoring features—including HTTP and JMX endpoints—configure built‑in endpoints, expose custom metrics, dynamically adjust log levels, and manually register JMX MBeans, with code examples and integration tips for Prometheus and Grafana.
This guide walks through adding Spring Boot Actuator to a project, configuring default and custom endpoints, securing shutdown operations, and demonstrates practical code snippets and curl commands for monitoring and managing a Spring Boot application.
