Integrating Opentracing.io / jaegertracing.io with Spring MVC - spring

Question

I am trying to configure my Spring Boot Application so that it sends all the traces to my jaeger endpoint. I have use the following documentation:
https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/java-spring-web
https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/java-spring-cloud
https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/java-spring-jaeger
And I have added the configuration that I consider important and below you can find my Application.class which contains all the Jaeger configuration. It has 4 main parts, could you help me to understand which is the purpose of each of them and if they have duplicated functionality?:
Is it ok if I autowire Tracer and then define it using a bean?
Which is the difference between part 3 and 4?
The error that I obtain is "Is there an unresolvable circular reference?". I will copy the full error trace after the code.
#SpringBootApplication
#EnableWebMvc
#Import({TracingHandlerInterceptor.class})
public class Application extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter{
#Value("${jaeger.endpoint}")
String jaegerEndpoint;
// Part 1
#Autowired
private Tracer tracer;
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
// Part 2
#Bean
public Tracer tracer() {
SamplerConfiguration samplerConfiguration = new SamplerConfiguration();
ReporterConfiguration reporterConfiguration = new ReporterConfiguration();
SenderConfiguration senderConfiguration = new SenderConfiguration();
return new Configuration("myapp")
.withSampler(samplerConfiguration
.withType(ProbabilisticSampler.TYPE)
.withParam(1))
.withReporter(reporterConfiguration
.withSender(senderConfiguration
.withEndpoint(jaegerEndpoint)))
.getTracer();
}
// Part 3
#Override
public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) {
registry.addInterceptor(new TracingHandlerInterceptor(tracer));
}
// Part 4
#Bean
public FilterRegistrationBean tracingFilter() {
FilterRegistrationBean filterRegistrationBean = new FilterRegistrationBean(new TracingFilter(tracer));
filterRegistrationBean.addUrlPatterns("/*");
filterRegistrationBean.setEnabled(Boolean.TRUE);
filterRegistrationBean.setName("SpanFinishingFilter");
filterRegistrationBean.setAsyncSupported(Boolean.TRUE);
return filterRegistrationBean;
}
}
Error trace:
Caused by: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start embedded container; nested exception is org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:137) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:537) ~[spring-context-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:693) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:360) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootContextLoader.loadContext(SpringBootContextLoader.java:121) ~[spring-boot-test-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContextInternal(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:98) ~[spring-test-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:116) ~[spring-test-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
... 27 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.initialize(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.java:138) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.<init>(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.java:87) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.getTomcatEmbeddedServletContainer(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:554) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.getEmbeddedServletContainer(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:179) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.createEmbeddedServletContainer(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:164) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:134) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
... 35 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'tracingFilter' defined in class path resource [io/opentracing/contrib/spring/web/starter/ServerTracingAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'tracingFilter' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'application': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'tracer'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tracer': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:749) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:467) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1181) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1075) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:312) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:308) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.getOrderedBeansOfType(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:234) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.getOrderedBeansOfType(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:215) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.addServletContextInitializerBeans(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:91) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.<init>(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:79) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.getServletContextInitializerBeans(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:241) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.selfInitialize(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:228) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.access$000(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:89) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext$1.onStartup(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:213) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatStarter.onStartup(TomcatStarter.java:55) ~[spring-boot-1.5.15.RELEASE.jar:1.5.15.RELEASE]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5204) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.20.redhat-6.jar:8.5.20]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.20.redhat-6.jar:8.5.20]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1419) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.20.redhat-6.jar:8.5.20]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1409) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.20.redhat-6.jar:8.5.20]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) ~[na:1.8.0_181]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) ~[na:1.8.0_181]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) ~[na:1.8.0_181]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) ~[na:1.8.0_181]
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'application': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'tracer'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tracer': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:588) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:88) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:366) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1272) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:553) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:312) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:308) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:372) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1181) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1075) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:312) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:308) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:208) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1138) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:835) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:741) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
... 26 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tracer': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.beforeSingletonCreation(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:347) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:308) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:208) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1138) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:585) ~[spring-beans-4.3.18.RELEASE.jar:4.3.18.RELEASE]
... 49 common frames omitted
[ERROR] Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 2, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 6.259 s <<< FAILURE! - in org.meetup.openshift.rhoar.orders.controller.OrderControllerTest
[ERROR] getByIdNonExisting(org.meetup.openshift.rhoar.orders.controller.OrderControllerTest) Time elapsed: 0 s <<< ERROR!
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load ApplicationContext
Caused by: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start embedded container; nested exception is org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat
Caused by: org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'tracingFilter' defined in class path resource [io/opentracing/contrib/spring/web/starter/ServerTracingAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'tracingFilter' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'application': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'tracer'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tracer': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'application': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'tracer'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tracer': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tracer': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
[ERROR] getByIdExisting(org.meetup.openshift.rhoar.orders.controller.OrderControllerTest) Time elapsed: 0 s <<< ERROR!
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load ApplicationContext
Caused by: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start embedded container; nested exception is org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat
Caused by: org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'tracingFilter' defined in class path resource [io/opentracing/contrib/spring/web/starter/ServerTracingAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'tracingFilter' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'application': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'tracer'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tracer': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'application': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'tracer'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tracer': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tracer': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?

Answer 1

The BeanCurrentlyInCreationException is probably being caused by what you ask in the first point, have you tried the following?
Remove:
#Autowired
private Tracer tracer;
Update part 3 and 4 to use tracer() instead of the now removed tracer.