Actuator Articles
3 articles about Actuator. Explore Spring Boot implementation, design, and operations across related topics.
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How to Speed Up Spring Boot Application Startup - Profiling, Lazy Initialization, CDS, and AOT in Practice
A practical guide to reducing Spring Boot application startup time. Learn how to identify bottlenecks with the Actuator startup endpoint and progressively apply lazy initialization, AutoConfiguration exclusion, CDS, and AOT mode.
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How to Deploy a Spring Boot Application to Kubernetes
A step-by-step guide to deploying a Dockerized Spring Boot application to Kubernetes. Covers creating Manifests for Deployment, Service, ConfigMap, and Secret, as well as configuring Actuator health endpoints as livenessProbe/readinessProbe — practical patterns you can use in production.
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Visualizing Spring Boot Metrics with Prometheus and Grafana
A hands-on guide to collecting Spring Boot application metrics via Micrometer into Prometheus and visualizing them in real-time with a Grafana dashboard. Includes implementation examples for custom metrics (Counter and Gauge) and security considerations for production environments.