Monitoring Articles
Articles covering Spring Boot monitoring and observability fundamentals using Actuator and metrics.
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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.
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Getting Started with Spring Boot Actuator
A practical guide covering everything from introducing spring-boot-starter-actuator, configuring health/info/metrics endpoint exposure, a minimal application.yml, Prometheus integration, to secure production-ready exposure configurations. A gentle summary for those touching Spring Boot Actuator for the first time.