We’ve all been there: something goes wrong in production, and the logs don’t tell the whole story. In this talk, we go beyond basic health checks and show how Spring Boot Actuator and Micrometer help you build applications that are not just functional, but also transparent, diagnosable, and production-ready.
Through practical examples, we enable and customize Actuator endpoints to gain real-time insights into your application's state. We collect metrics with Micrometer and export them to Prometheus. We also visualize metrics and set up alerts in Grafana.
Another focus is integrating OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing across multiple services. We close with best practices for embedding observability into your development process in a sustainable way.
Whether you work locally or in Kubernetes, this session shows how to improve the observability of your Spring Boot application without getting lost in technical complexity.
Patrick Baumgartner is a Java Champion, passionate software crafter, and technical agile coach at 42talents. He helps teams build elegant, simple, and robust solutions, specializing in cloud software with Java, the Spring ecosystem, and other open-source technologies.
Patrick is an active member of the Software Craft, Java, and Agile communities in Switzerland. As a trainer and coach, he focuses on making a real impact by sharing knowledge, experimenting, and fostering continuous improvement. He enjoys learning with and from others.