I got this below error when run the API-GATEWAY, I tried so many ways but I couldn't solve this issue.
Description:
Spring MVC found on classpath, which is incompatible with Spring Cloud Gateway.
Action:
Please set spring.main.web-application-type=reactive or remove spring-boot-starter-web dependency.
Main Class
package com.sample.apigateway;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.eureka.EnableEurekaClient;
@SpringBootApplication
@EnableEurekaClient
public class ApiGatewayApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(ApiGatewayApplication.class, args);
}
}
application.yml
spring:
application:
name: GATEWAY-SERVICE
cloud:
gateway:
routes:
- id: USER-SERVICE
uri: lb://USER-SERVICE
predicates:
- Path=/users/**
- id: DEPARTMENT-SERVICE
uri: lb://DEPARTMENT-SERVICE
predicates:
- Path=/departments/**
eureka:
client:
register-with-eureka: true
fetch-registry: true
service-url:
defaultZone: http://localhost:8761/eureka/
instance:
hostname: localhost
server:
port: 9191
pom.xml
<?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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.5.3</version>
<relativePath/>
<!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.sample.apigateway</groupId>
<artifactId>apigateway</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>apigateway</name>
<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
<properties>
<java.version>11</java.version>
<spring-cloud.version>2020.0.3</spring-cloud.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
<artifactId>springfox-boot-starter</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-gateway</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-client</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-server</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${spring-cloud.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Full Error Message
2021-07-30 23:12:02.420 WARN 19032 --- [ main] ConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext : Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.cloud.gateway.config.GatewayClassPathWarningAutoConfiguration$SpringMvcFoundOnClasspathConfiguration': Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.cloud.gateway.config.GatewayClassPathWarningAutoConfiguration$SpringMvcFoundOnClasspathConfiguration]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.MvcFoundOnClasspathException
2021-07-30 23:12:02.423 INFO 19032 --- [ main] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService : Stopping service [Tomcat]
2021-07-30 23:12:02.441 INFO 19032 --- [ main] ConditionEvaluationReportLoggingListener :
Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
2021-07-30 23:12:02.454 ERROR 19032 --- [ main] o.s.b.d.LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter :
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APPLICATION FAILED TO START
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Description:
Spring MVC found on classpath, which is incompatible with Spring Cloud Gateway.
Action:
Please set spring.main.web-application-type=reactive or remove spring-boot-starter-web dependency.
Process finished with exit code 1
I was facing the similar issue. As suggested in the error section making following change to application.properties file worked fine for me.
spring.main.web-application-type=reactive