Version conflicts while using spring boot azure blob storage - spring-boot

Question

I am trying to upload image to azure blob using spring boot application. I am getting below errors
2022-02-02 23:28:39 [qtp1371397528-21] INFO 16824 c.a.c.i.jackson.JacksonVersion - info:Package versions: jackson-annotations=2.12.4, jackson-core=2.12.4, jackson-databind=2.12.4, jackson-dataformat-xml=2.12.4, jackson-datatype-jsr310=2.12.4, azure-core=1.21.0
2022-02-02 23:28:39 [qtp1371397528-21] WARN 16824 org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel - handleException:/api/v1/project/options/image/upload
org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Handler dispatch failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: io/netty/handler/logging/ByteBufFormat
Java code
BlobContainerClient containerClient = new BlobContainerClientBuilder()
.connectionString("connectionstring")
.containerName("container-name")
.buildClient();
BlobClient client = containerClient.getBlobClient(file.getOriginalFilename());
try {
client.upload(file.getInputStream(), file.getSize(), true);
} catch (IOException e) {
logger.error("error is {}", e.getMessage());
}
pom.xml
<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<groupId>org.sample</groupId>
<artifactId>sample</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>sample</name>
<properties>
<springfox.version>2.9.2</springfox.version>
<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
<jackson-bom.version>2.12.4</jackson-bom.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jetty</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- Azure Blob-->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>azure-storage-blob</artifactId>
<version>12.14.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>azure-core</artifactId>
<version>1.21.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.projectreactor.netty</groupId>
<artifactId>reactor-netty</artifactId>
<version>1.0.10</version>
</dependency>
<!--Security-->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.auth0</groupId>
<artifactId>java-jwt</artifactId>
<version>3.8.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.auth0</groupId>
<artifactId>jwks-rsa</artifactId>
<version>0.9.0</version>
</dependency>
<!--Swagger/OpenAPI UI-->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
<artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
<version>${springfox.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
<artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
<version>${springfox.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!--Jersey-->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
<version>2.26</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-media-json-jackson</artifactId>
<version>2.35</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.inject</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-hk2</artifactId>
<version>2.26</version>
</dependency>
<!--Testing-->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.shiver-me-timbers</groupId>
<artifactId>smt-random</artifactId>
<version>1.8</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<release>11</release>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Answer 1

I was facing the very same problem with azure dependencies last few days. Upgrading spring-boot-starter-parent to version 2.5.5 fixed it for me.
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.5.5</version>
</parent>