Spring Boot java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/Filter

Question

I Started a new project with Spring Boot 1.2.3. I\'m getting error

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/Filter

Gradle Dependencie

Answer 1

The configuration here is working for me:

configurations {
    customProvidedRuntime
}

dependencies {
    compile(
        // Spring Boot dependencies
    )

    customProvidedRuntime('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat')
}

war {
    classpath = files(configurations.runtime.minus(configurations.customProvidedRuntime))
}

springBoot {
    providedConfiguration = "customProvidedRuntime"
}

Answer 2

for the maven users, comment the scope provided in the following dependency:

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

UPDATE

As feed.me mentioned you have to uncomment the provided part depending on what kind of app you are deploying.

Here is a useful link with the details: http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/#build-tool-plugins-maven-packaging