Gradle- No mapping for GET /WEB-INF/jsp/welcome.jsp" - spring-boot

Question

I am trying to use spring-boot and gradle to create a simple CRUD application as a PoC. At this point, I am getting this error when I am attempting to load the front website-
2019-02-11 14:54:48.915 WARN 5704 --- [nio-8080-exec-3] o.s.web.servlet.PageNotFound : No mapping for GET /WEB-INF/jsp/welcome.jsp
I am using spring boot and gradle by specifying in the controller class, and the application properties and build gradle script but still I get this debug statement when I go to my welcome.jsp and the now corresponding 404 error.
I've already looked through a lot of tutorials, but a lot of them are in maven. At this point, I know I need to specify the path in the controller and specify the resources in the properties and build scripts. I have even tried creating a specific mvcconfiguration but I don't think I need one.
build.gradle
buildscript {
ext {
springBootVersion = '2.1.2.RELEASE'
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}")
}}
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
group = 'com.bill'
version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/milestone' }
}
ext {
set('springCloudServicesVersion', '2.1.0.RELEASE')
set('springCloudVersion', 'Greenwich.RELEASE')
}
dependencies {
implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa'
implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation'
implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator'
/*implementation 'io.pivotal.spring.cloud:spring-cloud-services-starter-config-client'
/*implementation 'io.pivotal.spring.cloud:spring-cloud-services-starter-service-registry'
implementation 'org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter'
/*implementation 'org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-client'
implementation 'org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-server'
implementation 'org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-netflix-ribbon'
*/
runtimeOnly 'mysql:mysql-connector-java'
testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
}
dependencyManagement {
imports {
mavenBom "io.pivotal.spring.cloud:spring-cloud-services-dependencies:${springCloudServicesVersion}"
mavenBom "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:${springCloudVersion}"
}
}
application.properties
spring.mvc.view.prefix:/WEB-INF/jsp/
spring.mvc.view.suffix:.jsp
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mh1
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=root
MainController.java
package com.javainuse;
import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.Model;
import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.RedirectAttributes;
import com.javainuse.BankAccountApplication;
import com.javainuse.User;
import com.javainuse.UserDAO;
import com.javainuse.UserForm;
#Controller
public class MainController {
#Autowired
UserDAO userDAO;
#RequestMapping("/welcome")
public ModelAndView viewHome() {
ModelAndView modelAndView = new ModelAndView();
modelAndView.setViewName("welcome");
return modelAndView;
}
#RequestMapping("/users")
public String viewUsers(Model model) {
List<User> list = UserDAO.getUsers();
model.addAttribute("users", list);
return "usersPage";
}
#RequestMapping("/registerSuccessful")
public String viewRegisterSuccessful() {
return "registerSuccessfulPage";
}
#RequestMapping(value = "/register", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String viewRegister(Model model) {
UserForm form = new UserForm();
model.addAttribute("userForm", form);
return "registerPage";
}
public String saveRegister( Model model, //
#ModelAttribute("userForm") #Validated UserForm userForm, //
BindingResult result, //
final RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes) {
// Validate result
if (result.hasErrors()) {
return "registerPage";
}
User newUser= null;
try {
newUser = userDAO.createUser(userForm);
}
// Other error!!
catch (Exception e) {
model.addAttribute("errorMessage", "Error: " + e.getMessage());
return "registerPage";
}
redirectAttributes.addFlashAttribute("newUser", newUser);
return "redirect:/registerSuccessful";
}
}
MvcConfiguration.java
package com.javainuse;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver;
#Configuration
#ComponentScan(basePackages="...package name...")
#EnableWebMvc
public class MvcConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter{
#Bean
public InternalResourceViewResolver viewResolver() {
InternalResourceViewResolver viewResolver = new InternalResourceViewResolver();
viewResolver.setPrefix("WEB-INF/jsp/");
viewResolver.setSuffix(".jsp");
return viewResolver;
}
}
2019-02-11 14:54:48.915 WARN 5704 --- [nio-8080-exec-3] o.s.web.servlet.PageNotFound : No mapping for GET /WEB-INF/jsp/welcome.jsp