How do I run a spring boot executable jar in a Production environment?

Question

Spring boot\'s preferred deployment method is via a executable jar file which contains tomcat inside.

It is started with a simple java -jar myapp.jar.

Answer 1

If you are using gradle you can just add this to your build.gradle

springBoot {
    executable = true
}

You can then run your application by typing ./your-app.jar

Also, you can find a complete guide here to set up your app as a service

56.1.1 Installation as an init.d service (System V)

http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/deployment-install.html

cheers