anchor.diff:  [[production-ready-process-monitoring-programmatically]]
   === Programmatically
   You can also activate a listener by invoking the `SpringApplication.addListeners(...)`
  -method and passing the appropriate `Writer` object. This method also lets you
  -customize the file name and path in the `Writer` constructor.
  +method and passing the appropriate `Writer` object. This method also lets you customize
  +the file name and path in the `Writer` constructor.
   
   
   
  
positive.code: 
  [[production-ready-enabling]]
  == Enabling Production-ready Features
  The {github-code}/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator[`spring-boot-actuator`] module provides all of
  Spring Boot's production-ready features. The simplest way to enable the features is to add
  a dependency to the `spring-boot-starter-actuator` '`Starter`'.
  
  .Definition of Actuator
  ****
  
negative.code: look at the actuator {github-code}/spring-boot-samples[sample applications]. You also
  might want to read about graphing tools such as http://graphite.wikidot.com/[Graphite].
  
  Otherwise, you can continue on, to read about <<deployment.adoc#deployment, '`deployment
  options`'>> or jump ahead for some in-depth information about Spring Boot's
  _<<build-tool-plugins.adoc#build-tool-plugins, build tool plugins>>_.
  