enabling.adoc

Enabling Production-ready Features

The {spring-boot-code}/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator[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”.

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.

To add the actuator to a Maven-based project, add the following ‘Starter’ dependency:

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

For Gradle, use the following declaration:

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