Spring Boot Banners⌗

In this endpoint of internet, we’ll explore how to create a custom banner in a Spring Boot application.

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Overview⌗

When a Spring Boot application starts, it prints a banner, a visual representation, or text (often with ASCII graphics or branding information). The banner is a way to provide a more engaging and informative startup experience for developers and users such as the application name, version, or any other relevant data.

By default, Spring Boot includes a simple banner displaying the Spring logo and the version number. Here’s an example of what the default banner looks like: Image Description

How to create Custom Spring Boot Banners⌗

  1. Create a banner.txt file under your resource directory. Image Description

  2. Go to this website web and get the design of your preferences then copy & paste it in banner.txt. Image Description

  3. You can also add some more information like. Image Description

Welcome to Spring Boot App ${spring.application.name}  
Version: ${application.version}  
Running on: ${os.name}

  1. To make these properties work you have to define them in your application.properties file. Image Description

  2. The Output will look like this: Image Description