Enabling Production-ready Features

The spring-boot-actuator module provides all of Spring Boot’s production-ready features. The recommended way to enable the features is to add a dependency on the spring-boot-starter-actuator starter.spring-doc.cn

Definition of Actuator

An actuator is a manufacturing term that refers to a mechanical device for moving or controlling something. Actuators can generate a large amount of motion from a small change.spring-doc.cn

To add the actuator to a Maven-based project, add the following starter dependency:spring-doc.cn

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

For Gradle, use the following declaration:spring-doc.cn

dependencies {
	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator'
}