These are Web application common properties that can be configured with any Spring Boot Web Application. These properties are already configured in Spring Boot with the given default value.

Note: In your application, You don’t need to add all these values in your application.proprties/application.yaml file. You just need to add only those values which you want to change/override.

See Also:

• Spring Boot: Core Common Properties
• Spring Boot: Data Configuration Properties
• Spring Boot: Security, OAUTH2 and SSO Configuration Properties
• Spring Boot: Integration Platform Properties
• Spring Boot: DevTools Properties

Embedded Server Configuration Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in ServerProperties

Name	Default Value	Description
server.address		Network address for the server.
server.compression.enabled	false	To enable response compression.
server.compression.excluded-user-agents		user-agents list to exclude from compression.
server.compression.mime-types		Comma-separated MIME typesist that should be compressed. For instance `text/html,text/css,application/json`
server.compression.min-response-size		Minimum response size for compression. For instance 2048
server.connection-timeout		Connectors wait time (in MilliSeconds) for another HTTP request before closing the connection. If not set then take default as container-specific. If set as -1 for infinite time out.
server.context-parameters.*		Servlet context init parameters. For example `server.context-parameters.a=alpha`
server.context-path		Application Context path.
server.display-name	application	Display application name.
server.max-http-header-size	0	Maximum size in bytes for HTTP msg header.
server.max-http-post-size	0	Maximum size in bytes for HTTP post content.
server.error.include-stacktrace	never	When to include a “stacktrace” attribute.
server.error.path	/error	Path of navigate in case of the error.
server.error.whitelabel.enabled	true	Enable the default error page displayed in case of a server error.
server.jetty.acceptors		Number of acceptor threads to use.
server.jetty.selectors		Number of selector threads to use.
server.jsp-servlet.class-name	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet	The class name of the JSP servlet.
server.jsp-servlet.init-parameters.*		Init parameters used to configure the JSP servlet.
server.jsp-servlet.registered	true	Whether or not the JSP servlet is registered.
server.port	8080	HTTP Server port.
server.server-header		Server response header value (no header is sent if empty)
server.servlet-path	/	Path of the main dispatcher servlet.
server.use-forward-headers		If X-Forwarded-* headers should be applied in HttpRequest.
server.session.cookie.comment		Comment for the session cookie.
server.session.cookie.domain		Domain for the session cookie.
server.session.cookie.http-only		“HttpOnly” flag for the session cookie.
server.session.cookie.max-age		Maximum age of the session cookie in seconds.
server.session.cookie.name		Session cookie name.
server.session.cookie.path		Path of the session cookie.
server.session.cookie.secure		“Secure” flag for the session cookie.
server.session.persistent	false	Persist session data between restarts.
server.session.store-dir		Directory used to store session data.
server.session.timeout		Session timeout in seconds
server.session.tracking-modes		Session tracking modes either one or more in “cookie”, “url”, “ssl”.
server.ssl.ciphers		Supported SSL ciphers.
server.ssl.client-auth		Set client authentication is “want” or “need”. Requires a trust store.
server.ssl.enabled		Enable SSL support.
server.ssl.enabled-protocols		Enabled SSL protocols.
server.ssl.key-alias		Alias for identifies the key in the key store.
server.ssl.key-password		Password for access the key in the key store.
server.ssl.key-store		Path to the key store that holds the SSL certificate (jks file).
server.ssl.key-store-provider		Provider for the key store.
server.ssl.key-store-type		Type of the key store.
server.ssl.protocol	TLS	SSL protocol to use.
server.ssl.trust-store		Trust store that holds SSL certificates.
server.ssl.trust-store-password		Password used to access the trust store.
server.ssl.trust-store-provider		Provider for the trust store.
server.ssl.trust-store-type		Type of the trust store.
server.tomcat.accesslog.directory	logs	Directory in which log files are created. i.e tomcat base dir or absolute.
server.tomcat.accesslog.enabled	false	Enable access log.
server.tomcat.accesslog.pattern	common	Format pattern for access logs.
server.tomcat.accesslog.prefix	access_log	Log file name prefix.
server.tomcat.accesslog.rename-on-rotate	false	Defer inclusion of the date stamp in the file name as long as rotate time.
server.tomcat.accesslog.request-attributes-enabled	false	Set request attributes for IP address, ptotocol, port and Hostname.
server.tomcat.accesslog.suffix	.log	Log file name suffix.
server.tomcat.background-processor-delay	30	Delay between the invocation of backgroundProcess methods.(seconds)
server.tomcat.basedir		Tomcat base directory. If not set then temporary directory will be used.
server.tomcat.internal-proxies	10\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}|\\ 192\\.168\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}|\\ 169\\.254\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}|\\ 127\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}|\\ 172\\.1[6-9]{1}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}|\\ 172\\.2[0-9]{1}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}|\\ 172\\.3[0-1]{1}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}	regular expression matching trusted IP addresses.
server.tomcat.max-threads	0	Maximum amount of worker threads.
server.tomcat.min-spare-threads	0	Minimum amount of worker threads.
server.tomcat.port-header	X-Forwarded-Port	HTTP header name used to override the original port value.
server.tomcat.protocol-header		Header value holds the incoming protocol, usually named “X-Forwarded-Proto”.
server.tomcat.protocol-header-https-value	https	Param Value in header that indicates that the incoming request uses SSL.
server.tomcat.remote-ip-header		http header param from which the remote ip is extracted. For instance `X-FORWARDED-FOR`
server.tomcat.uri-encoding	UTF-8	Character encoding to use to decode the URI.
server.undertow.accesslog.dir		Undertow access log directory.
server.undertow.accesslog.enabled	false	Enable access log.
server.undertow.accesslog.pattern	common	Format pattern for access logs.
server.undertow.accesslog.prefix	access_log.	Log file name prefix.
server.undertow.accesslog.suffix	log	Log file name suffix.
server.undertow.buffer-size		Each buffer size in bytes.
server.undertow.buffers-per-region		Number of buffer for per region.
server.undertow.direct-buffers		Allocate buffers space outside the Java heap.
server.undertow.io-threads		Number of worker threads create for I/O.
server.undertow.worker-threads		Number of worker threads.

Freemarker Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in FreeMarkerAutoConfiguration

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.freemarker.allow-request-override	false	HttpServletRequest attributes of same name are allowed to override controller generated model attributes.
spring.freemarker.allow-session-override	false	Enable HttpSession attributes of same name are allowed to override controller generated model attributes.
spring.freemarker.cache	false	Enable template caching
spring.freemarker.charset	UTF-8	Template encoding.
spring.freemarker.check-template-location	true	Check that the templates location exists.
spring.freemarker.content-type	text/html	Content-Type value.
spring.freemarker.enabled	true	Enable MVC view resolution for this technology.
spring.freemarker.expose-request-attributes	false	Enable all request attributes should be added to the model prior to merging with the template.
spring.freemarker.expose-session-attributes	false	Enable all HttpSession attributes should be added with model prior to merging with the template.
spring.freemarker.expose-spring-macro-helpers	true	Enable expose a RequestContext for use by Spring’s macro library, under the name “springMacroRequestContext”.
spring.freemarker.prefer-file-system-access	true	Enable hot detection of template changes from file system.
spring.freemarker.prefix		Prefix prepended with view names when building a URL.
spring.freemarker.request-context-attribute		Name of the RequestContext attribute that will apply on all views.
spring.freemarker.settings.*		Well-known FreeMarker keys that will passed to FreeMarker’s Configuration.
spring.freemarker.suffix		Suffix appended with view names when building a URL.
spring.freemarker.template-loader-path	classpath:/templates/	Comma-separated template paths.
spring.freemarker.view-names		White list of view names.

Groovy Template Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in GroovyTemplateAutoConfiguration

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.groovy.template.allow-request-override	false	HttpServletRequest attributes of same name are allowed to override controller generated model attributes.
spring.groovy.template.allow-session-override	false	HttpSession attributes of same name are allowed to override (hide) controller generated model attributes..
spring.groovy.template.cache		Enable template caching.
spring.groovy.template.charset	UTF-8	Template encoding.
spring.groovy.template.check-template-location	true	Check that the templates location exists.
spring.groovy.template.configuration.*		See GroovyMarkupConfigurer
spring.groovy.template.content-type	test/html	Content-Type value.
spring.groovy.template.enabled	true	Enable MVC view resolution for this technology.
spring.groovy.template.expose-request-attributes	false	Enable All request attributes added with model prior to merging with the template.
spring.groovy.template.expose-session-attributes	false	Enable All HttpSession attributes added with model prior to merging with the template.
spring.groovy.template.expose-spring-macro-helpers	true	Enable expose a RequestContext for use by Spring’s macro library, under the name “springMacroRequestContext”.
spring.groovy.template.prefix		Prefix prepended with view names when building a URL.
spring.groovy.template.request-context-attribute		Name of the RequestContext attribute for all views.
spring.groovy.template.resource-loader-path	classpath:/templates/	Template path.
spring.groovy.template.suffix	.tpl	Suffix appended with view names when building a URL.
spring.groovy.template.view-names		White list of view names.

Spring HATEOAS Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in HateoasProperties

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.hateoas.use-hal-as-default-json-media-type	true	Enable application/hal+json mime type responses for requests that accept application/json.

HTTP Message Conversion Properties

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.http.converters.preferred-json-mapper	jackson	Preferred JSON mapper for HTTP message conversion. Specified “gson” in case jacson and gson both are on the classpath.

HTTP Encoding Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in HttpEncodingProperties class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.http.encoding.charset	UTF-8	Charset of HTTP requests and responses. Added to the “Content-Type” header.
spring.http.encoding.enabled	true	Enable http encoding.
spring.http.encoding.force		Force the encoding on HTTP requests and responses.
spring.http.encoding.force-request		Force the encoding on HTTP requests. Defaults to true.
spring.http.encoding.force-response		Force the encoding on HTTP responses.
spring.http.encoding.mapping		Locale to Encoding mapping.

Multipart Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in MultipartProperties class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.http.multipart.enabled	true	Enable support of multi-part uploads.
spring.http.multipart.file-size-threshold	0	Threshold after which files will be written to disk.Suffixed “MB” or “KB”.
spring.http.multipart.location		Intermediate location of uploaded files.
spring.http.multipart.max-file-size	1Mb	Max file size. Suffixed “MB” or “KB”.
spring.http.multipart.max-request-size	10Mb	Max request size. Suffixed “MB” or “KB”.
spring.http.multipart.resolve-lazily	false	Set to resolve the multipart request lazily when file or parameter access.

Jackson Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in JacksonProperties class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.jackson.date-format		Date format or a fully-qualified date format class name. For example `yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss`.
spring.jackson.default-property-inclusion		Controls the properties inclusion during serialization.
spring.jackson.deserialization.*		on/off features for Jackson that affect the way Java objects are deserialized.
spring.jackson.generator.*		on/off features for Jackson generators.
spring.jackson.joda-date-time-format		Joda date time strig format. If it is configured with a format string use it otherwise will use “date-format” as a fallback .
spring.jackson.locale		Locale used for formatting.
spring.jackson.mapper.*		on/off features of Jackson general features.
spring.jackson.parser.*		on/off features for Jackson parsers.
spring.jackson.property-naming-strategy		Set Jackson’s PropertyNamingStrategy type sub class as a fully-qualified class name.
spring.jackson.serialization.*		on/off features of Jackson that affect the way Java objects are serialized.
spring.jackson.serialization-inclusion		Controls the properties inclusion during serialization by configuring values in Jackson’s JsonInclude.Include enumeration.
spring.jackson.time-zone		Time zone for date. For example `America/Los_Angeles`

Jersey Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in JerseyProperties class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.jersey.application-path		base URI path for the application that override the value of “@ApplicationPath” if specified.
spring.jersey.filter.order	0	Jersey filter chain order.
spring.jersey.init.*		Init parameters to pass to Jersey through servlet or filter.
spring.jersey.servlet.load-on-startup	-1	Load on startup priority of the Jersey servlet.
spring.jersey.type	servlet	Jersey integration type.

Spring Mobile Device Views Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in DeviceDelegatingViewResolverAutoConfiguration class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.mobile.devicedelegatingviewresolver.enable-fallback	false	Enable support for fallback resolution.
spring.mobile.devicedelegatingviewresolver.enabled	false	Enable device view resolver.
spring.mobile.devicedelegatingviewresolver.mobile-prefix	mobile/	Prefix prepended to view names of mobile devices.
spring.mobile.devicedelegatingviewresolver.mobile-suffix		Suffix appended to view names of mobile devices.
spring.mobile.devicedelegatingviewresolver.normal-prefix		Prefix prepended to view names of normal devices.
spring.mobile.devicedelegatingviewresolver.normal-suffix		Suffix appended to view names of normal devices.
spring.mobile.devicedelegatingviewresolver.tablet-prefix	tablet/	Prefix prepended to view names of tablet devices.
spring.mobile.devicedelegatingviewresolver.tablet-suffix		Suffix appended to view names of tablet devices.

Spring Mobile Site Preference Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in SitePreferenceAutoConfiguration class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.mobile.sitepreference.enabled	true	Enable SitePreferenceHandler.

Mustache Templates Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in MustacheAutoConfiguration class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.mustache.allow-request-override		HttpServletRequest attributes with same name are allowed to override controller generated model attributes..
spring.mustache.allow-session-override		HttpSession attributes with same name are allowed to override controller generated model attributes.
spring.mustache.cache		Enable template caching.
spring.mustache.charset		Template encoding.
spring.mustache.check-template-location		Check that the templates location exists.
spring.mustache.content-type		Content-Type value.
spring.mustache.enabled		Enable MVC view resolution for this technology.
spring.mustache.expose-request-attributes		All request attributes added to the model prior to merging with the template.
spring.mustache.expose-session-attributes		All HttpSession attributes added to the model prior to merging with the template.
spring.mustache.expose-spring-macro-helpers		Expose a RequestContext use Spring’s macro library, under the name “springMacroRequestContext”.
spring.mustache.prefix	classpath:/templates/	Prefix to template names.
spring.mustache.request-context-attribute		RequestContext attribute name for all views.
spring.mustache.suffix	.html	Suffix to template names.
spring.mustache.view-names		White list of view names.

Spring MVC Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in WebMvcProperties class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.mvc.async.request-timeout		Amount of time before asynchronous request handling times out.(in milliseconds)
spring.mvc.date-format		Date format For example `dd/MM/yyyy`.
spring.mvc.dispatch-trace-request	false	Dispatch TRACE requests to the FrameworkServlet doService method.
spring.mvc.dispatch-options-request	true	Dispatch OPTIONS requests to the FrameworkServlet doService method.
spring.mvc.favicon.enabled	true	Enable resolution of favicon.ico.
spring.mvc.formcontent.putfilter.enabled	true	Enable Spring’s HttpPutFormContentFilter.
spring.mvc.ignore-default-model-on-redirect	true	Content of the “default” model need to ignored during redirect scenarios.
spring.mvc.locale		Set Locale otherwise By default locale is overridden by the “Accept-Language” header.
spring.mvc.locale-resolver	accept-header	Define how locale should be resolved.
spring.mvc.log-resolved-exception	false	Enable warn logging, for exceptions resolved by a “HandlerExceptionResolver”.
spring.mvc.media-types.*		Maps file extensions for content negotiation.
spring.mvc.message-codes-resolver-format		Formatting strategy for message codes. For example `PREFIX_ERROR_CODE`.
spring.mvc.servlet.load-on-startup	-1	Load on startup priority for Spring Web Services servlet.
spring.mvc.static-path-pattern	/**	Path pattern used for static resources.
spring.mvc.throw-exception-if-no-handler-found	false	If a “NoHandlerFoundException”, then throw if no Handler was found to process a request.
spring.mvc.view.prefix		Prefix for Spring MVC view.
spring.mvc.view.suffix		Suffux for Spring MVC view.

Spring Resources Handling Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in ResourceProperties class.

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Name	Default Value	Description
spring.resources.add-mappings	true	Enable default resource handling.
spring.resources.cache-period		Cache period (in seconds)for the resources served by the resource handler.
spring.resources.chain.cache	true	Enable caching in the Resource chain.
spring.resources.chain.enabled		Enable the Spring Resource Handling chain. By default disabled as long as one strategy has been enabled.
spring.resources.chain.gzipped	false	Enable resolution of already gzipped resources.
spring.resources.chain.html-application-cache	false	Enable HTML5 application cache manifest rewriting.
spring.resources.chain.strategy.content.enabled	false	Enable the content for Version Strategy.
spring.resources.chain.strategy.content.paths	/**	Comma-separated list of patterns for Version Strategy.
spring.resources.chain.strategy.fixed.enabled	false	Enable the fixed Version Strategy.
spring.resources.chain.strategy.fixed.paths	/**	Comma-separated list of patterns for Version Strategy.
spring.resources.chain.strategy.fixed.version		Version string for Version Strategy.
spring.resources.static-locations	classpath:/META-INF/resources/, classpath:/resources/, classpath:/static/, classpath:/public/	Locations of static resources

Spring Session Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in SessionProperties class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.session.hazelcast.map-name	spring:session:sessions	Name of the map used to store sessions.
spring.session.jdbc.initializer.enabled		If necessary, Create the required session tables on startup if necessary. Enabled automatically if the default a custom schema is configured or table name is set.
spring.session.jdbc.schema	classpath: org/springframework/ session/jdbc/ schema-@@platform @@.sql	SQL file Path for initialize the database schema.
spring.session.jdbc.table-name	SPRING_SESSION	Name of database table used to store sessions.
spring.session.mongo.collection-name	sessions	Collection name used to store sessions.
spring.session.redis.flush-mode		Flush mode for the Redis sessions.
spring.session.redis.namespace		Namespace for keys used to store sessions.
spring.session.store-type		Session store type.

Spring Social Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in SocialWebAutoConfiguration class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.social.auto-connection-views	false	Enable the connection status for supported providers.

Spring Social Facebook Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in FacebookAutoConfiguration class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.social.facebook.app-id		Your Facebook App ID
spring.social.facebook.app-secret		Your Facebook App Secret

Spring Social LinkedIn Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in LinkedInAutoConfiguration class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.social.linkedin.app-id		Your LinkedIn App ID
spring.social.linkedin.app-secret		Your LinkedIn App Secret

Spring Local Twitter Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in TwitterAutoConfiguration class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.social.twitter.app-id		Your Twitter App ID
spring.social.twitter.app-secret		Your Twitter App Secret

Thymeleaf Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in ThymeleafAutoConfiguration class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.thymeleaf.cache	true	Enable template caching.
spring.thymeleaf.check-template	true	Check that the template exists..
spring.thymeleaf.check-template-location	true	Check that the templates location.
spring.thymeleaf.content-type	text/html	Content-Type value.
spring.thymeleaf.enabled	true	Enable MVC Thymeleaf view resolution.
spring.thymeleaf.encoding	UTF-8	Template encoding.
spring.thymeleaf.excluded-view-names		Comma-separated list of view names that can excluded from resolution.
spring.thymeleaf.mode	HTML5	Template mode to be applied to templates. Refer StandardTemplateModeHandlers.
spring.thymeleaf.prefix	classpath:/templates/	Prefix prepended to view names for building a URL.
spring.thymeleaf.suffix	.html	Suffix appended to view names for building a URL.
spring.thymeleaf.template-resolver-order		template resolver order in chain.
spring.thymeleaf.view-names		Comma-separated list of view names.

Velocity Templates Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in VelocityAutoConfiguration class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.velocity.allow-request-override	false	HttpServletRequest attributes with same name are allowed to override controller generated model attributes.
spring.velocity.allow-session-override	false	HttpSession attributes with same name are allowed to override controller generated model attributes.
spring.velocity.cache		Enable template caching.
spring.velocity.charset	UTF-8	Template encoding.
spring.velocity.check-template-location	true	Check that the templates location exists.
spring.velocity.content-type	text/html	Content-Type value.
spring.velocity.date-tool-attribute		Name of the DateTool helper object to expose in the Velocity context of the view.
spring.velocity.enabled	true	Enable MVC view resolution for this technology.
spring.velocity.expose-request-attributes	false	all request attributes should be added to the model prior to merging with the template.
spring.velocity.expose-session-attributes	false	all HttpSession attributes should be added to the model prior to merging with the template.
spring.velocity.expose-spring-macro-helpers	true	expose a RequestContext for use by Spring’s macro library, under the name “springMacroRequestContext”.
spring.velocity.number-tool-attribute		Name of the NumberTool helper object to expose in the Velocity context of the view.
spring.velocity.prefer-file-system-access	true	Prefer file system access for template loading for hot detection of template changes.
spring.velocity.prefix		Prefix prepended to view names for building a URL.
spring.velocity.properties.*		Additional velocity properties.
spring.velocity.request-context-attribute		Name of the RequestContext attribute for all views.
spring.velocity.resource-loader-path	classpath:/templates/	Template path.
spring.velocity.suffix	.vm	Suffix appended to view names for building a URL.
spring.velocity.toolbox-config-location		Velocity Toolbox config location. For instance `/WEB-INF/toolbox.xml`
spring.velocity.view-names		White list of view names.

Spring Web Service Properties

Spring Boot load these properties in WebServicesProperties class.

Name	Default Value	Description
spring.webservices.path	/services	Path that serves as the base URI.
spring.webservices.servlet.init		Servlet init parameters Spring for Sevices.
spring.webservices.servlet.load-on-startup	-1	Load on startup priority for Spring Web Services servlet.

References

https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/1.4.x/reference/html/common-application-properties.html