Sometimes it is useful to customize the prefix for the management endpoints. For example, your application might already use /application for another purpose. You can use the management.context-path property to change the prefix for your management endpoint:

management.context-path=/manage

The application.properties example above will change the endpoint from /application/{id} to /manage/{id} (e.g. /manage/info).

	Note
	Unless the management port has been configured to expose endpoints using a different HTTP port, management.context-path is relative to server.context-path.

Exposing management endpoints using the default HTTP port is a sensible choice for cloud based deployments. If, however, your application runs inside your own data center you may prefer to expose endpoints using a different HTTP port.

The management.port property can be used to change the HTTP port.

management.port=8081

Since your management port is often protected by a firewall, and not exposed to the public you might not need security on the management endpoints, even if your main application is secure. In that case you will have Spring Security on the classpath, and you can disable management security like this:

management.security.enabled=false

(If you don’t have Spring Security on the classpath then there is no need to explicitly disable the management security in this way, and it might even break the application.)

When configured to use a custom port, the management server can also be configured with its own SSL using the various management.ssl.* properties. For example, this allows a management server to be available via HTTP while the main application uses HTTPS:

server.port=8443
server.ssl.enabled=true
server.ssl.key-store=classpath:store.jks
server.ssl.key-password=secret
management.port=8080
management.ssl.enabled=false

Alternatively, both the main server and the management server can use SSL but with different key stores:

server.port=8443
server.ssl.enabled=true
server.ssl.key-store=classpath:main.jks
server.ssl.key-password=secret
management.port=8080
management.ssl.enabled=true
management.ssl.key-store=classpath:management.jks
management.ssl.key-password=secret

You can customize the address that the management endpoints are available on by setting the management.address property. This can be useful if you want to listen only on an internal or ops-facing network, or to only listen for connections from localhost.

	Note
	You can only listen on a different address if the port is different to the main server port.

Here is an example application.properties that will not allow remote management connections:

management.port=8081
management.address=127.0.0.1

If you don’t want to expose endpoints over HTTP you can set the management port to -1:

management.port=-1

The information exposed by the health endpoint varies depending on whether or not it’s accessed anonymously, and whether or not the enclosing application is secure. By default, when accessed anonymously in a secure application, any details about the server’s health are hidden and the endpoint will simply indicate whether or not the server is up or down.

Sample summarized HTTP response (default for anonymous request):

$ curl -i localhost:8080/health
HTTP/1.1 200
X-Application-Context: application
Content-Type: application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 15

{"status":"UP"}

Sample summarized HTTP response for status "DOWN" (notice the 503 status code):

$ curl -i localhost:8080/health
HTTP/1.1 503
X-Application-Context: application
Content-Type: application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 17

{"status":"DOWN"}

Sample detailed HTTP response:

$ curl -i localhost:8080/health
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
X-Application-Context: application
Content-Type: application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 221

{
  "status" : "UP",
  "diskSpace" : {
    "status" : "UP",
    "total" : 63251804160,
    "free" : 31316164608,
    "threshold" : 10485760
  },
  "db" : {
    "status" : "UP",
    "database" : "H2",
    "hello" : 1
  }
}