Spring Boot Observability
Priority: P0
Implementation Guidelines
Distributed Tracing
- •Correlation IDs: Enable trace/span ID injection.
- •Propagation: Propagate context across threads (
@Async) and clients. - •OpenTelemetry: Use OTel bridge (
micrometer-tracing-bridge-otel).
Structured Logging
- •Format: Use JSON logging (
logstash-logback-encoder) in production. - •MDC: Use MDC for contextual info (userId, tenantId).
- •Output: Log to stdout only. Let container handle shipping.
Actuator
- •Security: Secure
/actuator/**with Admin role. - •Probes: Enable K8s Liveness/Readiness probes.
Anti-Patterns
- •System.out:
**No System.out**: Use Slf4j. - •Public Actuator:
**No Open Actuator**: Secure endpoints. - •Custom Tracing:
**No DIY Tracing**: Use Micrometer.