diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/CrshAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/CrshAutoConfiguration.java
index 319a11e27a..6e167535ba 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/CrshAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/CrshAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@EnableConfigurationProperties(ShellProperties.class)
@AutoConfigureAfter({ SecurityAutoConfiguration.class,
ManagementWebSecurityAutoConfiguration.class })
+@Deprecated
public class CrshAutoConfiguration {
public static final String AUTH_PREFIX = ShellProperties.SHELL_PREFIX + ".auth";
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/ShellProperties.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/ShellProperties.java
index 9852788b1e..d0de4dcc91 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/ShellProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/ShellProperties.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
* @author Stephane Nicoll
*/
@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = ShellProperties.SHELL_PREFIX, ignoreUnknownFields = true)
+@Deprecated
public class ShellProperties {
public static final String SHELL_PREFIX = "management.shell";
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/CrshAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/CrshAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 2b4cb7089e..764605e0bd 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/CrshAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/CrshAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.isA;
* @author Stephane Nicoll
*/
@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+@Deprecated
public class CrshAutoConfigurationTests {
private AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext context;
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/ShellPropertiesTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/ShellPropertiesTests.java
index 577265879d..1bdd66ce28 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/ShellPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/ShellPropertiesTests.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
* @author Christian Dupuis
* @author Stephane Nicoll
*/
+@Deprecated
public class ShellPropertiesTests {
@Rule
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/production-ready-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/production-ready-features.adoc
index f569015b9b..8e531225e4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/production-ready-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/production-ready-features.adoc
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ If you are using Jolokia but you don't want Spring Boot to configure it, simply
[[production-ready-remote-shell]]
-== Monitoring and management using a remote shell
+== Monitoring and management using a remote shell (deprecated)
Spring Boot supports an integrated Java shell called '`CRaSH`'. You can use CRaSH to
`ssh` or `telnet` into your running application. To enable remote shell support, add
the following dependency to your project:
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-remote-shell/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-remote-shell/pom.xml
index 669d6900b2..980da7afc6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-remote-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-remote-shell/pom.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
spring-boot-starter-remote-shell
- Spring Boot Remote Shell Starter
+ spring-boot-starter-remote-shell (DEPRECATED)
Starter for using the CRaSH remote shell to monitor and manage your
- application over SSH
+ application over SSH. Deprecated since 1.5
http://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/
Pivotal Software, Inc.
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-remote-shell/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/starter/remote/shell/RemoteShellStarterDeprecatedWarningAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-remote-shell/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/starter/remote/shell/RemoteShellStarterDeprecatedWarningAutoConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acb14e8702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-remote-shell/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/starter/remote/shell/RemoteShellStarterDeprecatedWarningAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.starter.remote.shell;
+
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+/**
+ * {@link EnableAutoConfiguration Auto-configuration} to print a deprecation warning about
+ * the starter.
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @since 1.4.0
+ */
+@Configuration
+@Deprecated
+public class RemoteShellStarterDeprecatedWarningAutoConfiguration {
+
+ private static final Log logger = LogFactory
+ .getLog(RemoteShellStarterDeprecatedWarningAutoConfiguration.class);
+
+ @PostConstruct
+ public void logWarning() {
+ logger.warn("spring-boot-starter-remote-shell is deprecated since Spring Boot " +
+ "1.5 and will be removed in Spring Boot 2.0");
+ }
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-remote-shell/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-remote-shell/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa178205ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-remote-shell/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration=\
+org.springframework.boot.starter.remote.shell.RemoteShellStarterDeprecatedWarningAutoConfiguration
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