ApplicationContextException: Unable to start ServletWebServerApplicationContext due to missing ServletWebServerFactory bean

Question

I have written a spring batch application using Spring boot. When I am trying to run that application using command line and classpath on my local system it is running fine. However, when I tried to run it on linux server it is giving me following exception

Unable to start web server; nested exception is
org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: 
Unable to start ServletWebServerApplicationContext due to missing ServletWebServerFactory bean.

Below is the way I am running it:

java -cp jarFileName.jar; lib\* -Dlogging.level.org.springframework=DEBUG -Dspring.profiles.active=dev -Dspring.batch.job.names=abcBatchJob com.aa.bb.StartSpringBatch > somelogs.log

Answer 1

For non web application, disable web application type in properties file:

In application.properties:

spring.main.web-application-type=none

If you use application.yml then add:

  spring:
    main:
      web-application-type: none

For web applications, extends *SpringBootServletInitializer* in main class.

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

Answer 2

The solution is:

I explicitly set the below property to none in application.yml file.

spring:
  main:
    web-application-type: none

Answer 3

Probably you missing @SpringBootApplication in your spring boot starter class.

@SpringBootApplication
public class LoginSecurityAppApplication {

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

}

Answer 4

I had this problem during migration to Spring Boot. I've found a advice to remove dependencies and it helped. So, I removed dependency for jsp-api Project had. Also, servlet-api dependency has to be removed as well.

compileOnly group: 'javax.servlet.jsp', name: 'jsp-api', version: '2.2' 

Answer 5

Upgrading spring-boot-starter-parent in pom.xml to the latest version fixed it for me.

Answer 6

Annotate class with 'public static void main' with, for example: @SpringBootApplication

Answer 7

I encountered this problem when attempint to run my web application as a fat jar rather than from within my IDE (IntelliJ).

This is what worked for me. Simply adding a default profile to the application.properties file.

spring.profiles.active=default

You don't have to use default if you have already set up other specific profiles (dev/test/prod). But if you haven't this is necessary to run the application as a fat jar.