Stacks/Spring Boot/Services/Spring Boot

Spring Boot in the Spring Boot stack

This page explains what Spring Boot means in the Spring Boot stack: how it is included, which base service it uses, and how it connects to the rest of the stack.

Spring Boot is one of the main services that defines the default shape of app environments created from the Spring Boot stack.

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Role

Primary

Base service

Spring Boot

Type

service

Delivery

Boilerplate or your repository

Stack fit

How Spring Boot fits into this stack

Spring Boot is one of the main services that defines the default shape of app environments created from the Spring Boot stack.

This stack service is based on Spring Boot and keeps the service-specific setup for Spring Boot in one place.

It is linked to PostgreSQL, Valkey, and Mailpit inside the stack.

Version policy

Available versions include 25, 21.

Delivery

Start from a boilerplate or connect your repository

Spring Boot includes a ready starting point for the Spring Boot stack.

Spring Boot boilerplate

Use this boilerplate as a working starting point for your application.

wodby/spring-boot-boilerplate

Explore CI/CD for the Spring Boot stack.

Inclusion

Enabled by default: Yes

Required: Yes

Primary: Yes

Connections

db: PostgreSQL

redis: Valkey

sendmail: Mailpit

Storage

This stack service does not define persistent volume sizes.

Stack-specific technical details

Review the operational capabilities exposed by Spring Boot inside this stack, including backups, imports, configs, settings, cron, actions, storage, and service links where they exist.

Service links

See how services are wired together so dependencies stay consistent across environments.

DBMS

Linked to PostgreSQL. Optional.

Redis

Linked to Valkey. Optional.

Mail Transfer Agent

Linked to Mailpit. Optional.