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= Spring Boot Reference Documentation
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The reference documentation consists of the following sections:

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<<legal.adoc#legal,Legal>> :: Legal information.
<<documentation-overview.adoc#boot-documentation,Documentation Overview>> :: About the Documentation, Getting Help, First Steps, and more.
<<getting-started.adoc#getting-started,Getting Started>> :: Introducing Spring Boot, System Requirements, Servlet Containers, Installing Spring Boot, Developing Your First Spring Boot Application
<<using-spring-boot.adoc#using-boot,Using Spring Boot>> :: Build Systems, Structuring Your Code, Configuration, Spring Beans and Dependency Injection, DevTools, and more.
<<spring-boot-features.adoc#boot-features,Spring Boot Features>> :: Profiles, Logging, Security, Caching, Spring Integration, Testing, and more.
<<production-ready-features.adoc#production-ready,Spring Boot Actuator>> :: Monitoring, Metrics, Auditing, and more.
<<deployment.adoc#deployment,Deploying Spring Boot Applications>> :: Deploying to the Cloud, Installing as a Unix application.
<<spring-boot-cli.adoc#cli,Spring Boot CLI>> :: Installing the CLI, Using the CLI, Configuring the CLI, and more.
<<build-tool-plugins.adoc#build-tool-plugins,Build Tool Plugins>> :: Maven Plugin, Gradle Plugin, Antlib, and more.
<<howto.adoc#howto,"`How-to`" Guides>> :: Application Development, Configuration, Embedded Servers, Data Access, and many more.

The reference documentation has the following appendices:

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<<appendix-application-properties.adoc#common-application-properties,Application Properties>> :: Common application properties that can be used to configure your application.
<<appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc#configuration-metadata,Configuration Metadata>> :: Metadata used to describe configuration properties.
<<appendix-auto-configuration-classes.adoc#auto-configuration-classes,Auto-configuration Classes>> :: Auto-configuration classes provided by Spring Boot.
<<appendix-test-auto-configuration.adoc#test-auto-configuration,Test Auto-configuration Annotations>> :: Test-autoconfiguration annotations used to test slices of your application.
<<appendix-executable-jar-format.adoc#executable-jar,Executable Jars>> :: Spring Boot's executable jars, their launchers, and their format.
<<appendix-dependency-versions.adoc#dependency-versions,Dependency Versions>> :: Details of the dependencies that are managed by Spring Boot.
