Error creating bean with name 'client'

zegdene · April 17, 2017, 9:04am

I was trying to integrate elastic search onto spring-boot application but I got this *Error
creating bean with name 'client' *Exception, not sure what is going wrong
as I could not find any similar trails before...
Thanks so much for guiding folks.
This is mu elasticsearch configuration:

import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
import org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClient;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.InetSocketTransportAddress;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchTemplate;
import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.config.EnableElasticsearchRepositories;
import org.elasticsearch.transport.client.PreBuiltTransportClient;

import java.net.InetAddress;

@Configuration
@EnableElasticsearchRepositories(basePackages = "com.backend.project.repositories")
public class EsConfig {


@Bean
public Client client() throws Exception{
    TransportClient client = new PreBuiltTransportClient(Settings.EMPTY)
    .addTransportAddress(new InetSocketTransportAddress(InetAddress.getByName("elasticsearch.host"), 9200));    
    return client;
}

@Bean
public ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchTemplate() throws Exception {
    return new ElasticsearchTemplate(client());
}}

This is my main application:

import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;

import com.backend.project.models.Book;
import com.backend.project.services.BookService;

import java.util.Map;
@Configuration
@ComponentScan(basePackages = { "com.backend.project" })
@EnableAutoConfiguration
@SpringBootApplication

public class WebApplication implements CommandLineRunner {

@Autowired
private ElasticsearchOperations es;

@Autowired
private BookService bookService;

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

@Override
public void run(String... args) throws Exception {

    printElasticSearchInfo();

    bookService.save(new Book("1001", "Elasticsearch Basics", "Rambabu Posa", "23-FEB-2017"));
    bookService.save(new Book("1002", "Apache Lucene Basics", "Rambabu Posa", "13-MAR-2017"));
    bookService.save(new Book("1003", "Apache Solr Basics", "Rambabu Posa", "21-MAR-2017"));

    //fuzzey search
    Page<Book> books = bookService.findByAuthor("Rambabu", new PageRequest(0, 10));

    //List<Book> books = bookService.findByTitle("Elasticsearch Basics");

    books.forEach(x -> System.out.println(x));


}

//useful for debug, print elastic search details
private void printElasticSearchInfo() {

    System.out.println("--ElasticSearch--");
    Client client = es.getClient();
    Map<String, String> asMap = client.settings().getAsMap();

    asMap.forEach((k, v) -> {
        System.out.println(k + " = " + v);
    });
    System.out.println("--ElasticSearch--");
}}

My pom.xml:

 <dependencies>
         <!-- Spring Boot Web -->
 		<dependency>
			  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
		      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
		</dependency>
		 <!-- Spring Boot Security -->
	    <dependency>
        	  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        	  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
        	  <version>1.5.2.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
         <!-- Spring Boot Thymeleaf -->
		<dependency>
              <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
              <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
        </dependency>
         <!-- Spring Boot Data JPA -->
        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
   			 <version>1.5.2.RELEASE</version>
    	</dependency>
    	  <!-- Spring Boot PostgreSQL -->
        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
             <version>9.4-1206-jdbc42</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
         <!-- Spring Boot Tomcat -->
        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
         <!-- Spring Boot Test -->
        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Spring Boot Starter Data Elasticsearch -->
        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-elasticsearch</artifactId>
             <version>1.5.2.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Elasticsearch Client Transport -->
        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
             <artifactId>transport</artifactId>
             <version>5.3.0</version>
        </dependency> 
        <!-- Elasticsearch -->
        
        <!-- Runtime, for Embedded Elasticsearch, comment this if connect to external elastic search server-->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
            <artifactId>jna</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
      </dependencies>

EikeD · April 17, 2017, 9:16am

What is the exception you're getting? That should tell more about what's right/wrong here.

I've had this working quite recently, can' t immediately spot what's wrong though.

With the (full) exception trace, i might be able to help.

zegdene · April 17, 2017, 9:23am

Hi Eike,
this is the exception trace:

  org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'webApplication': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'es'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'elasticsearchTemplate' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchDataAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'elasticsearchTemplate' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'client' defined in class path resource [com/backend/project/config/EsConfig.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.elasticsearch.client.Client]: Factory method 'client' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/plugins/NetworkPlugin
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:588) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:88) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:366) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1264) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:553) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:761) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:866) ~[spring-context-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:542) ~[spring-context-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122) ~[spring-boot-1.5.2.RELEASE.jar:1.5.2.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:737) [spring-boot-1.5.2.RELEASE.jar:1.5.2.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:370) [spring-boot-1.5.2.RELEASE.jar:1.5.2.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:314) [spring-boot-1.5.2.RELEASE.jar:1.5.2.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1162) [spring-boot-1.5.2.RELEASE.jar:1.5.2.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1151) [spring-boot-1.5.2.RELEASE.jar:1.5.2.RELEASE]
	at com.backend.project.WebApplication.main(WebApplication.java:87) [classes/:na]
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'elasticsearchTemplate' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchDataAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'elasticsearchTemplate' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'client' defined in class path resource [com/backend/project/config/EsConfig.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.elasticsearch.client.Client]: Factory method 'client' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/plugins/NetworkPlugin

zegdene · April 17, 2017, 9:25am

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'client' defined in class path resource [com/backend/project/config/EsConfig.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.elasticsearch.client.Client]: Factory method 'client' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/plugins/NetworkPlugin
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:599) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1173) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:208) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1138) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:835) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:741) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	... 32 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.elasticsearch.client.Client]: Factory method 'client' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/plugins/NetworkPlugin
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:189) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:588) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	... 45 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/plugins/NetworkPlugin
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:763) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:467) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:73) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:368) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:362) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:361) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.client.PreBuiltTransportClient.<clinit>(PreBuiltTransportClient.java:84) ~[transport-5.3.0.jar:5.3.0]
	at com.backend.project.config.EsConfig.client(EsConfig.java:23) ~[classes/:na]
	at com.backend.project.config.EsConfig$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$f0a7fda0.CGLIB$client$0(<generated>) ~[classes/:na]
	at com.backend.project.config.EsConfig$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$f0a7fda0$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$182d3326.invoke(<generated>) ~[classes/:na]
	at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228) ~[spring-core-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:358) ~[spring-context-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	at com.backend.project.config.EsConfig$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$f0a7fda0.client(<generated>) ~[classes/:na]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:162) ~[spring-beans-4.3.7.RELEASE.jar:4.3.7.RELEASE]
	... 46 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.elasticsearch.plugins.NetworkPlugin
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
	... 70 common frames omitted

EikeD · April 17, 2017, 1:24pm

I think this line is the clue:

Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/plugins/NetworkPlugin

There is an issue with dependencies (versions)

From here (ClassNotFoundException: org.elasticsearch.plugins.ActionPlugin · Issue #21172 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub) the suggested solution is adding something to your pom.xml properties section.

<elasticsearch.version>5.3.0</elasticsearch.version>

An alternative i found here ( spring - Elasticsearch TransportClient NetworkPlugin NoClassDefFoundError - Stack Overflow ) is putting the main elastic artifact in your pom.xml

zegdene · April 17, 2017, 2:37pm

Hi Eike,
i add the elasticsearch dependency but he return this error :

Description	Resource	Path	Location	Type
The type org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.SuggestBuilder$SuggestionBuilder cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files	EsConfig.java	/backend-project/src/main/java/com/backend/project/config	line 1	Java Problem

EikeD · April 17, 2017, 9:10pm

Interestingly, some googling shows spring only supports elastic 2.x, not the newer 5.x versions:

Sorry i didn't know this before Apparently i've used an older version then?

zegdene · April 18, 2017, 1:42pm

Thank you Eike I have the same problem

system · May 16, 2017, 1:44pm

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