Hystrix Metrics Stream

You can also enable the Hystrix Metrics Stream by adding a dependency on spring-boot-starter-actuator. Hystrix will expose the metrics stream by using /hystrix.stream as a management endpoint:

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

Also add the following configurations to the application property file (application.propeties):

management.endpoint.health.enabled=true 
management.endpoints.jmx.exposure.include=* 
management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=* 
management.endpoints.web.base-path=/actuator 
management.endpoints.web.cors.allowed-origins=true 
management.endpoint.health.show-details=always 

These configurations are required to expose the Hystrix Metrics Stream in Spring Boot 2.0.

Let's access the /hystrix.stream endpoint on the browser to see the Hystrix Metrics Stream. The http://localhost:6161/actuator/hystrix.stream URI represents...