From 31441a759089de02698cb3fd126931ff3e859b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephane Nicoll Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:18:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note to explain how to disable the web server See gh-12853 --- .../spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc index 41a20872d5..ad98cfe10d 100644 --- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc +++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc @@ -569,6 +569,19 @@ server. +[[howto-use-another-web-server]] +=== Disabling the Web Server +If your classpath contains the necessary bits to start a web server, Spring Boot will +automatically start it. To disable this behaviour configure the `WebApplicationType` in +your `application.properties`, as shown in the following example: + +[source,properties,indent=0] +---- + spring.main.web-application-type=none +---- + + + [[howto-configure-jetty]] === Configure Jetty Generally, you can follow the advice from