Spring boot actuator "/health" is not working

Question

I have a running Springboot application which serves the URL http://localhost:8081/topics and returns me JSON response as expected.

I added actuator dependency <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId> <scope>test</scope> </dependency>

as suggested in tutorial

But when I hit http://localhost:8081/health it does not give expected result. It says

{ "timestamp": 1497952368055, "status": 404, "error": "Not Found", "message": "No message available", "path": "/health" }

Spring boot version is 1.5.4.RELEASE. And Java 1.8 What additional settings do I need to do ?

Answer 1

Do the following steps : -

1. Change the scope of actuator dependency from test to compile

2. Instead of using /health use /actuator/health

3. If you want to see details of the health status then addmanagement.endpoint.health.show-details=always in the application.properties file.

Answer 2

In Spring Boot 2.0.0 you have to use /actuator/health and in the application.properties file add the following line:

management.endpoint.health.show-details=always

Answer 3

In your dependency you have declared

<scope>test</scope>

It means that

test

This scope indicates that the dependency is not required for normal use of the application, and is only available for the test compilation and execution phases.

If you want it available for normal use of the application remove <scope>test</scope> or change it to <scope>compile</scope>