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Actuators: Types, Operation, Selection, and Control

Learn how electric, pneumatic, hydraulic, thermal, and mechanical actuators work, how to size and control them, and how to install, troubleshoot, and maintain them safely.

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Lessons

  1. Heapdump Endpoint Learn how to enable, secure, download, and analyze the Spring Boot Actuator heapdump endpoint, including HPROF files, retained heap, GC roots, and production risks.
  2. Spring Boot Actuator Configprops Endpoint Learn how Spring Boot Actuator's configprops endpoint exposes bound configuration-properties beans, how to inspect values safely, and how to troubleshoot binding and exposure problems.
  3. Spring Boot Actuator Env Endpoint Learn how to use Spring Boot Actuator's env endpoint to inspect profiles, property sources, configuration precedence, overrides, and sanitized values safely.
  4. Spring Boot Actuator HTTP Trace Endpoint Learn how to enable, expose, secure, and use Spring Boot Actuator's httptrace endpoint, inspect recent HTTP exchanges, protect sensitive data, and migrate to httpexchanges.
  5. Spring Boot Actuator Logfile Endpoint Learn how to configure, expose, secure, and troubleshoot the Spring Boot Actuator logfile endpoint for retrieving application log output.
  6. Spring Boot Actuator Mappings Endpoint Learn how to use Spring Boot Actuator /actuator/mappings to inspect MVC, WebFlux, servlet, resource, and management routes and troubleshoot 404 and 405 errors.