Spring Boot not starting HTTP listener - spring-boot

Question

When I start the Spring Boot application jar I get nothing about service listening on HTTP port or any error. Posting a bit obscured pom.xml and start-up screencap:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>**.***.****</groupId>
<artifactId>***</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.2.6.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<slf4j.version>1.6.4</slf4j.version>
<logback.version>1.0.1</logback.version>
<libotp.version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</libotp.version>
<apachecommons3.version>3.0.1</apachecommons3.version>
<stormpath.version>1.0.RC5.1</stormpath.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>**.***.****</groupId>
<artifactId>commons</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jersey</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>${logback.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
<version>${logback.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.kamranzafar</groupId>
<artifactId>libotp</artifactId>
<version>${libotp.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>${apachecommons3.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
<artifactId>jjwt</artifactId>
<version>0.6.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Application class is a standard class generated from start.spring.io
#SpringBootApplication
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
}

Answer 1

I notice that you are referencing a Stormpath version in the properties section.
Here's the minimal pom you'd need to include Spring Boot + Spring Security + Thymeleaf + Stormpath (Note: This includes all the other relevant Spring Boot starters):
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>**.***.****</groupId>
<artifactId>***</artifactId>
<version>0.1.0</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.stormpath.spring</groupId>
<artifactId>stormpath-default-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<version>1.0.RC5.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
The repackage goal on the spring-boot-maven-plugin gives you the nice uber jar.
Full Disclosure: I work for Stormpath.

Answer 2

This is because you have a missconfiguration in your logging.
Smth. like multiple appenders or so.
Just try to remove all the slf4j and logback dependencies.
Those will be added automatically for you.
The reason you 'see' the banner is because it gets printed via std out.
See this code from the SpringApplication.java