M04 Q27 What is info endpoint for? How do you supply data?

Spring Boot Actuator info endpoint is used to provide arbitrary, non-sensitive, custom defined data, available at runtime that can provide additional information about started application.

info endpoint is exposed by default via protocols:

• HTTP at /actuator/info
• JMX at org.springframework.boot/Endpoint/Info

info endpoint is usually used to expose information like:

• Application Name, Description, Version
• Java Runtime Used
• Git Information – see git-commit-id-plugin (Branch, Tag, Commit ID)
• ...

You can supply data to Spring Boot by using following methods:

With usage of property files, by defining info.* properties

By implementing InfoContributor bean