Spring Boot - public HTTP access to spring boot application

In this short article, we would like to show how to permit to access via HTTP (or HTTPS) to Spring Boot Application from public network or local home network.

Quick solution:

Add the following line to resources/application.properties file:

...

# enables access from any IP address
server.address=0.0.0.0

...

Testing

1. Run Spring Boot Application on your machine,

2. Find your machine's IP address (local or global address),

3. Open machine's IP address in your web browser, e.g. you can use your phone to open the address.

Preview (Dirask project run in home network and open on phone):