spring-boot-actuator-tutorial-baeldung

# Spring Boot Actuator #
## Overview ##
1. Configure, extend the monitoring tool in Spring 2.x and WebFlux
	1. Using reactive programming
2. Actuator has been redesigned with Spring Boot 2
3. New endpoints are added

## What is an Actuator? ##
1. It brings production ready features to our application
	1. Monitoring application
	2. Gathering metrics
	3. Understanding traffic or state of database
2. Uses: Used to expose operational information about running application
	1. Health
	2. Metrics
	3. Info
	4. Dump
	5. Env
	6. ...
3. HTTP endpoints are used
4. JMX beans are enabled
5. When we add the dependency, many endpoints are available out of the box
	1. It can also be extended

### Getting Started ###
1. Add the following dependency:

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

## Spring Boot 1.x Actuator ##
### Endpoints ###
### Configuring Existing Endpoints ###
### /health Endpoint ###
### /info Endpoint ###
### /metrics Endpoint ###
### Constructing a New Endpoint ###
### Further Customization ###

## Spring Boot 2.x Actuator ##
### Technology Support ###
### Important Changes ###
### Predefined Endpoints ###
### Health Indicators ###
### Metrics in Spring Boot 2 ###
### Customizating the /info Endpoint ###
### Constructing a Custom Endpoint ###
### Extending Exiting Endpoints ###
### Enable All Endpoints ###

## Summary ##