Spring Boot builds fine but throws javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: remaining name: env/jmx/runtime when running

Question

I have an existing application that is building fine via gradle but when I run it through the embedded tomcat server, I get the following Exception. Any idea on how to resolve?

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'mbeanExporter' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jmx/JmxAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.AnnotationMBeanExporter]: Factory method 'mbeanExporter' threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'mbeanServer' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jmx/JmxAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [javax.management.MBeanServer]: Factory method 'mbeanServer' threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.jmx.MBeanServerNotFoundException: Failed to retrieve WebLogic MBeanServer from JNDI; nested exception is javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: remaining name: env/jmx/runtime at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:599) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1119) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1014) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:504) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:303) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:299) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:755) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:757) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:480) at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:118) at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:687) at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:321) at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:967) at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:956) at com.avada.main.Application.main(Application.java:15)

Answer 1

I had the same problem and had it fixed by excluding the JmxAutoConfiguration class from the Spring Boot config.

@SpringBootApplication(exclude = JmxAutoConfiguration.class)
public class Application {...}

It seemed like Spring was trying to create a bean (mbeanExporter) detected in the weblogic api library, and this bean needed the env/jmx/runtime JNDI.