[[shutdown]]
= Shutdown (`shutdown`)
The `shutdown` endpoint is used to shut down the application.



[[shutdown.shutting-down]]
== Shutting Down the Application
To shut down the application, make a `POST` request to `/actuator/shutdown`, as shown in the following curl-based example:

include::{snippets}/shutdown/curl-request.adoc[]

A response similar to the following is produced:

include::{snippets}/shutdown/http-response.adoc[]



[[shutdown.shutting-down.response-structure]]
=== Response Structure
The response contains details of the result of the shutdown request.
The following table describes the structure of the response:

[cols="3,1,3"]
include::{snippets}/shutdown/response-fields.adoc[]
