How to Configure Actuator in Spring Boot

Hi,

Today I'm going to explain the steps for configuring Actuator in a Rest Service Spring Boot Application.

It's very easy, only two steps and you have it!

First you have to add the dependency to the pom.xml file:

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>

The second step is the disable security to the services offers by actuator.

You have to edit the application.properties file and add:

management.security.enabled=false

With this to step, you can run your appication and can call the next services:

http://localhost:8080/health for know the State of your App.

http://localhost:8080/mappings for view your Rest Services published

And you have more services, you can see in your log of your App when you run it.

Try it and have fun!