diff --git a/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/pom.xml b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/pom.xml
index bab40878d5f1..6ee236256cc3 100644
--- a/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@
+
+
+ org.springframework.boot
+ spring-boot-starter-test
+ ${spring-boot-version}
+ test
+
org.apache.camel.springboot
diff --git a/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observability/services/springboot/ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessor.java b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observability/services/springboot/ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..498bf024b234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observability/services/springboot/ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.apache.camel.observability.services.springboot;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.EnvironmentPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.core.env.MapPropertySource;
+
+/**
+ * Contributes the opinionated observability defaults as the lowest precedence property source so that any
+ * user-provided configuration (application.properties, environment variables, system properties, ...) overrides them
+ * following the standard Spring Boot precedence rules.
+ */
+public class ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessor implements EnvironmentPostProcessor, Ordered {
+
+ public static final String PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME = "camel-observability-services";
+
+ @Override
+ public void postProcessEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment, SpringApplication application) {
+ Map defaults = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+ defaults.put("management.server.port", "9876");
+ defaults.put("management.endpoints.web.exposure.include", "health,prometheus");
+ defaults.put("management.endpoints.web.base-path", "/observe");
+ defaults.put("management.endpoints.web.path-mapping.prometheus", "metrics");
+ // Metrics
+ defaults.put("camel.metrics.log-metrics-on-shutdown", "true");
+ defaults.put("camel.metrics.log-metrics-on-shutdown-filters", "app.info,camel.exchanges.*");
+ // Opentelemetry
+ defaults.put("camel.opentelemetry2.enabled", "true");
+ // Health
+ defaults.put("camel.health.exposure-level", "full");
+ defaults.put("management.endpoint.health.probes.enabled", "true");
+ defaults.put("management.health.readinessState.enabled", "true");
+ defaults.put("management.health.livenessState.enabled", "true");
+ defaults.put("management.endpoint.health.show-details", "always");
+ // /observe/health/live remap
+ defaults.put("management.endpoint.health.group.live.include", "livenessState,camelLivenessState");
+ defaults.put("management.endpoint.health.group.live.show-details", "always");
+ // /observe/health/ready remap
+ defaults.put("management.endpoint.health.group.ready.include", "readinessState,camelReadinessState");
+ defaults.put("management.endpoint.health.group.ready.show-details", "always");
+
+ environment.getPropertySources().addLast(new MapPropertySource(PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME, defaults));
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public int getOrder() {
+ // run after ConfigDataEnvironmentPostProcessor so user configuration is already present
+ return Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a089815481f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+## contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+## this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+## The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+org.springframework.boot.EnvironmentPostProcessor=\
+org.apache.camel.observability.services.springboot.ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessor
diff --git a/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observability/services/springboot/ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessorTest.java b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observability/services/springboot/ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b41c9a510c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observability/services/springboot/ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.apache.camel.observability.services.springboot;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+@SpringBootTest(classes = ObservabilityServicesTestApplication.class)
+public class ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessorTest {
+
+ @Autowired
+ private ConfigurableEnvironment environment;
+
+ @Test
+ public void defaultsAreApplied() {
+ assertTrue(environment.getPropertySources()
+ .contains(ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessor.PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME));
+
+ assertEquals("health,prometheus", environment.getProperty("management.endpoints.web.exposure.include"));
+ assertEquals("metrics", environment.getProperty("management.endpoints.web.path-mapping.prometheus"));
+ assertEquals("true", environment.getProperty("camel.metrics.log-metrics-on-shutdown"));
+ assertEquals("app.info,camel.exchanges.*",
+ environment.getProperty("camel.metrics.log-metrics-on-shutdown-filters"));
+ assertEquals("full", environment.getProperty("camel.health.exposure-level"));
+ assertEquals("true", environment.getProperty("management.endpoint.health.probes.enabled"));
+ assertEquals("true", environment.getProperty("management.health.readinessState.enabled"));
+ assertEquals("true", environment.getProperty("management.health.livenessState.enabled"));
+ assertEquals("always", environment.getProperty("management.endpoint.health.show-details"));
+ assertEquals("livenessState,camelLivenessState",
+ environment.getProperty("management.endpoint.health.group.live.include"));
+ assertEquals("always", environment.getProperty("management.endpoint.health.group.live.show-details"));
+ assertEquals("readinessState,camelReadinessState",
+ environment.getProperty("management.endpoint.health.group.ready.include"));
+ assertEquals("always", environment.getProperty("management.endpoint.health.group.ready.show-details"));
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void userApplicationPropertiesOverrideDefaults() {
+ // these values are set in src/test/resources/application.properties and must win
+ // over the starter defaults, which was not possible when the defaults were
+ // packaged as config/application.properties inside the starter jar
+ assertEquals("9999", environment.getProperty("management.server.port"));
+ assertEquals("/custom-observe", environment.getProperty("management.endpoints.web.base-path"));
+ assertEquals("false", environment.getProperty("camel.opentelemetry2.enabled"));
+ }
+}
diff --git a/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observability/services/springboot/ObservabilityServicesTestApplication.java b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observability/services/springboot/ObservabilityServicesTestApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6bf332443eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observability/services/springboot/ObservabilityServicesTestApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.apache.camel.observability.services.springboot;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class ObservabilityServicesTestApplication {
+}
diff --git a/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/main/resources/config/application.properties b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/test/resources/application.properties
similarity index 50%
rename from components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
rename to components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/test/resources/application.properties
index f77ad7c8433d..a3b22bcdba16 100644
--- a/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
+++ b/components-starter/camel-observability-services-starter/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
## contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
@@ -16,24 +15,9 @@
## limitations under the License.
## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-management.server.port=9876
-management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=health,prometheus
-management.endpoints.web.base-path=/observe
-management.endpoints.web.path-mapping.prometheus=metrics
-# Metrics
-camel.metrics.log-metrics-on-shutdown=true
-camel.metrics.log-metrics-on-shutdown-filters=app.info,camel.exchanges.*
-# Opentelemetry
-camel.opentelemetry2.enabled=true
-# Health
-camel.health.exposure-level=full
-management.endpoint.health.probes.enabled=true
-management.health.readinessState.enabled=true
-management.health.livenessState.enabled=true
-management.endpoint.health.show-details=always
-# /observe/health/live remap
-management.endpoint.health.group.live.include=livenessState,camelLivenessState
-management.endpoint.health.group.live.show-details=always
-# /observe/health/ready remap
-management.endpoint.health.group.ready.include=readinessState,camelReadinessState
-management.endpoint.health.group.ready.show-details=always
+# User-level overrides of the starter defaults, used by
+# ObservabilityServicesEnvironmentPostProcessorTest to verify that regular
+# application.properties take precedence over the starter defaults
+management.server.port=9999
+management.endpoints.web.base-path=/custom-observe
+camel.opentelemetry2.enabled=false