A number of these endpoints expose a lot of data. To be able to visualize the information better, we will add an HAL Browser to our application:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-rest-hal-browser</artifactId>
</dependency>
Spring Boot Actuator exposes REST APIs around all the data captured from the Spring Boot application and environment. The HAL Browser enables visual representation around the Spring Boot Actuator API:
When we launch ;http://localhost:8080/application ;in the browser, we can see all the URLs exposed by actuator.
Let's browse all the information exposed by actuator as part of different endpoints through the HAL Browser.