Spring Boot FAQ: Top Questions

41. How do you configure a custom banner in Spring Boot?

Spring Boot displays a banner on application startup. You can customize it by placing a banner.txt file in the classpath (usually src/main/resources).

📥 Example (banner.txt):

  ____             _      
 |  _ \ ___   ___ | | ___ 
 | |_) / _ \ / _ \| |/ _ \
 |  __/ (_) | (_) | |  __/
 |_|   \___/ \___/|_|\___|

🏆 Expected Output:

Displays custom ASCII art on startup console log.

🛠️ Use Cases:

Branding your Spring Boot application.
Identifying microservices visually at startup.

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