HTTP endpoint to shut down a spring boot

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Maven quick example for maven user to configure HTTP endpoint to shut down a spring boot web app using spring-boot-starter-actuator so that you can copy and paste:

1. Maven pom.xml:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>

2. application.properties:

#NEED auth  protected 
endpoints.shutdown.sensitive=true

#Enable shutdown endpoint
endpoints.shutdown.enabled=true

All endpoints are listed here:

3.Send a post method to shutdown the app:

curl -X POST localhost:port/shutdown

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Security Note:

if you need the shutdown method auth protected, you may also need

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>

configure details:

management.security.enabled=true
security.user.name=admin
security.user.password=secret
management.security.roles=SUPERUSER