Why does my Spring Boot App always shutdown immediately after starting?

This is my first Spring Boot code. Unfortunately, it always shuts down. I was expecting it to run continuously so that my web client can get some data from the browser.

package hello;
import org.springframework.boot.*;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.*;
import org.springframework.stereotype.*;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;

@Controller
@EnableAutoConfiguration
public class SampleController {

@RequestMapping("/")
@ResponseBody
String home() {
return "Hello World!";
}

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
SpringApplication.run(SampleController.class, args);
}
}


[@localhost initial]$ java -jar build/libs/gs-spring-boot-0.1.0.jar

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:: Spring Boot :: (v1.0.0.RC4)

2014-03-13 09:20:24.805 INFO 14650 --- [ main] hello.SampleController : Starting SampleController on localhost.localdomain with PID 14650 (/home/xxx/dev/gs-spring-boot/initial/build/libs/gs-spring-boot-0.1.0.jar started by xxx)
2014-03-13 09:20:25.002 INFO 14650 --- [ main] s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext@b9eec: startup date [Thu Mar 13 09:20:24 EDT 2014]; root of context hierarchy
2014-03-13 09:20:28.833 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Registering beans for JMX exposure on startup
2014-03-13 09:20:30.148 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.c.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor : Starting beans in phase 0
2014-03-13 09:20:30.154 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'requestMappingEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=requestMappingEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.316 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'environmentEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=environmentEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.335 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'healthEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=healthEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.351 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'beansEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=beansEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.376 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'infoEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=infoEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.400 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'metricsEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=metricsEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.413 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'traceEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=traceEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.428 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'dumpEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=dumpEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.450 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'autoConfigurationAuditEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=autoConfigurationAuditEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.465 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'shutdownEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=shutdownEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.548 INFO 14650 --- [ main] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Located managed bean 'configurationPropertiesReportEndpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.boot:type=Endpoint,name=configurationPropertiesReportEndpoint]
2014-03-13 09:20:30.589 INFO 14650 --- [ main] hello.SampleController : Started SampleController in 7.396 seconds (JVM running for 9.569)
2014-03-13 09:20:30.608 INFO 14650 --- [ Thread-2] s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Closing org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext@b9eec: startup date [Thu Mar 13 09:20:24 EDT 2014]; root of context hierarchy
2014-03-13 09:20:30.610 INFO 14650 --- [ Thread-2] o.s.c.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor : Stopping beans in phase 0
2014-03-13 09:20:30.624 INFO 14650 --- [ Thread-2] o.s.b.a.e.jmx.EndpointMBeanExporter : Unregistering JMX-exposed beans on shutdown

Please advise.

Thanks

P.S. build.gradle is the fault.

dependencies {
// tag::jetty[]
compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web") {
**exclude module: "spring-boot-starter-tomcat"**
}

Once I took off the above line in bold, everything works. My application context now is correct. Thanks Dave


. ____ _ __ _ _
/\\ / ___'_ __ _ _(_)_ __ __ _ \ \ \ \
( ( )\___ | '_ | '_| | '_ \/ _` | \ \ \ \
\\/ ___)| |_)| | | | | || (_| | ) ) ) )
' |____| .__|_| |_|_| |_\__, | / / / /
=========|_|==============|___/=/_/_/_/
:: Spring Boot :: (v1.0.0.RC4)

2014-03-13 13:58:08.965 INFO 7307 --- [ main] hello.Application : Starting
Application on with PID 7307 (/ladev/home/xxx/dev/gs-spring-boot/initial/build/libs/gs-spring-boo
t-0.1.0.jar started by xxx)
2014-03-13 13:58:09.021 INFO 7307 --- [ main] ationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext : Refreshi
ng org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext@45490eb5: startup
date [Thu Mar 13 13:58:09 MDT 2014]; root of context hierarchy
2014-03-13 13:58:09.653 INFO 7307 --- [ main] o.s.b.f.s.DefaultListableBeanFactory : Overridi
ng bean definition for bean 'beanNameViewResolver': replacing [Root bean: class [null]; scope=; abstract=fal
se; lazyInit=false; autowireMode=3; dependencyCheck=0; autowireCandidate=true; primary=false; factoryBeanNam
e=org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration$WhitelabelErrorViewConfiguration;
factoryMethodName=beanNameViewResolver; initMethodName=null; destroyMethodName=(inferred); defined in class
path resource [org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration$WhitelabelErrorView
Configuration.class]] with [Root bean: class [null]; scope=; abstract=false; lazyInit=false; autowireMode=3;
dependencyCheck=0; autowireCandidate=true; primary=false; factoryBeanName=org.springframework.boot.autoconf
igure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$WebMvcAutoConfigurationAdapter; factoryMethodName=beanNameViewResolver; in
itMethodName=null; destroyMethodName=(inferred); defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/au
toconfigure/web/WebMvcAutoConfiguration$WebMvcAutoConfigurationAdapter.class]]

Resolution: the app is not a webapp because it doesn't have an embedded container (e.g. Tomcat) on the classpath. Adding one fixed it. If you are using **Maven**, then add this in `pom.xml`:

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

For **Gradle** (`build.gradle`) it looks like

dependencies {
compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
}

I think the right answer was at

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about the starter-tomcat not being set and if set and running through the IDE, the provided scope should be commented off. Scope doesn't create an issue while running through command. I wonder why.

Anyways just added my additional thoughts.

In my case the problem was introduced when I fixed a static analysis error that the return value of a method was not used.

Old working code in my Application.java was:

public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}

New code that introduced the problem was:

public static void main(String[] args) {
try (ConfigurableApplicationContext context =
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args)) {
LOG.trace("context: " + context);
}
}

Obviously, the try with resource block will close the context after starting the application which will result in the application exiting with status 0. This was a case where the resource leak error reported by snarqube static analysis should be ignored.

Here is how you can fix it:

1. Check if you don't have dependency on spring-boot-starter-web in your pom.xml file. To get you pom.xml file right, use this link [start.spring.io][1]

2. If you have above dependency, but still facing the issue, it is highly possible that your embedded tomcat jars are present.
To confirm this, run maven build in debug mode -

> `mvn spring-boot:run --debug`

and look for messages like -

> `[WARNING] error reading
> /Users/sparrowmac1/.m2/repository/org/apache/tomcat/embed/tomcat-embed-core/8.5.20/tomcat-embed-core-8.5.20.jar;
> invalid LOC header (bad signature) [WARNING] error reading
> /Users/sparrowmac1/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/jackson-core/2.8.10/jackson-core-2.8.10.jar;
> invalid LOC header (bad signature)`

If such messages are present, purge your local maven repo and try again -

> `mvn dependency:purge-local-repository`


[1]:

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Maybe it does not fit to your code but i found out if you have a code snippet like this:

@SpringBootApplication
public class SpringBootApacheKafkaApplication {

public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(SpringBootApacheKafkaApplication.class,args).close();
}
}

then just remove the close() method. That's fixed my problem! Maybe I can help someone with that

this work with spring boot 2.0.0

replace

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

with

<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
<version>9.0.6</version>
</dependency>

In my case I fixed this issue like below:-

1. First I removed (apache) `C:\Users\myuserId\.m2\repository\org\apache`

2. I added below dependencies in my `pom.xml` file

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

3. I have changed the default socket by adding below lines in resource file `..\yourprojectfolder\src\main\resourcesand\application.properties`(I manually created this file)

server.port=8099
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for that I have added below block in my `pom.xml` under `<build>` section.



<build>
.
.
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
</resource>
</resources>
.
.
</build>

My final `pom.xml` file look like

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0

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;
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

<groupId>com.bhaiti</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-rest</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>

<name>spring-boot-rest</name>
<description>Welcome project for Spring Boot</description>

<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>

<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>

<dependencies>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

</dependencies>

<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
</resource>
</resources>

</build>


</project>

Just another possibility,

I replaced

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>

with

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

and it started without any issues

If you don't want to make your spring a web application then just add `@EnableAsync` or `@EnableScheduling` to your Starter


@EnableAsync
@SpringBootApplication
public class App {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(App.class, args);
}

}