Spring Boot Actuator: Monitoring and Managing Applications

How do you know if your Java application is healthy, performing well, and running smoothly once it is deployed? Spring Boot Actuator provides the essential tools to monitor and manage your production applications with ease. In this text-based course, you will transition from writing basic Spring Boot applications to managing robust, production-ready microservices. You will learn how to inspect application health, gather valuable metrics, and expose critical operational data safely. What you'll learn: - Understand the core architecture of Spring Boot Actuator and its built-in endpoints - Configure and secure sensitive operational endpoints using modern security practices - Create custom health indicators and info contributors tailored to your application needs - Collect and expose application metrics using Micrometer and Prometheus integration - Monitor application performance, thread dumps, and HTTP traces in real time - Implement custom endpoints to expose specialized domain-specific data. Starting with foundational concepts and configuration basics, you will progress step-by-step through endpoint management, custom metric creation, and production-grade security setups. This course is designed for Java developers who are familiar with basic Spring Boot and want to master application observability. Step into the world of production-grade monitoring today.