Check this awesome video. Below you can find how to configure Hystrix with Spring Boot 1.1.8 with Spring Cloud Hystrix Starter.

compile 'org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-hystrix:1.0.0.RELEASE' for Spring Boot 1.1.8.
@EnableCircuitBreaker on Main/Runner class

Register Hystrix Servlet:

@Configuration
public class HystrixServletDefinitions {

       @Bean(name = "hystrixRegistrationBean")
       public ServletRegistrationBean servletRegistrationBean() {
             ServletRegistrationBean registration = new ServletRegistrationBean(
                           new HystrixMetricsStreamServlet(), "/metrics/hystrix.stream");
             registration.setName("hystrixServlet");
             registration.setLoadOnStartup(1);
             return registration;
       }
}

• Add it to Spring Security if needed: .antMatchers(“/metrics/hystrix.stream”).permitAll()
• Create config.properties file like this + check docs
• Create defaultMethod which will be used when CircuitBreaker will open:

public List<SampleObject> defaultMethod() {
             return Lists.newArrayList();
       }

Use annotation where you want to use it:

@HystrixCommand(fallbackMethod = "defaultMethod")
       public List<SampleObject> getRealMethod() {
             // implementation...
       }

Want cool Dashboard? Get and deploy somewhere Hystrix-Dashboard.war and target our “/metrics/hystrix.stream”