Spring Cloud Vault: Token (spring.cloud.vault.token) must not be empty

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Hi everyone

I created a program to test the vault with start.spring.io. And I configure the vault in the bootstap.properties file like this:

spring.application.name=vault-test
spring.cloud.vault.uri=http://localhost:8200
spring.cloud.vault.token=MY_ROOT_TOKEN

Here is my pom.xml configuration:

<parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.4.1</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<properties>
        <java.version>15</java.version>
        <spring-cloud.version>2020.0.0</spring-cloud.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-vault-config</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
                <version>${spring-cloud.version}</version>
                <type>pom</type>
                <scope>import</scope>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.22.2</version>
                <configuration>
                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>spring-milestones</id>
            <name>Spring Milestones</name>
            <url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
        </repository>
    </repositories>

Also, the vault development server is pre-set up with the following command:

vault server -dev

But when I run the program, it has the following error:

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'vaultTemplate' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/vault/config/VaultAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.vault.core.VaultTemplate]: Factory method 'vaultTemplate' threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'vaultSessionManager' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/vault/config/VaultAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'vaultSessionManager' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'clientAuthentication' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/vault/config/VaultAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.vault.authentication.ClientAuthentication]: Factory method 'clientAuthentication' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Token (spring.cloud.vault.token) must not be empty

But the vault token is set in the bootstrap.properties file !. But the strangest thing for me is that when I set the token in the application.properties file, I will not have an error! I know the bootstrap.properties file is called before the application properties file is called, and the token must be set in it, but why does the vault not notice it?

did you resolve the error? – Ayan Biswas Aug 09 '21 at 12:26 — Ayan Biswas, Aug 09 '21 at 12:26

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '21 at 09:40

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With Spring Boot 2.4, the bootstrap context initialization(bootstrap.yml, bootstrap.properties) of property sources is deprecated. Please refer below:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/65009480

answered Feb 25 '21 at 09:40

Smart B0y

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 10 '21 at 19:50

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You seem to be missing the spring-cloud-starter dependency ( which should be added if you select the Cloud Bootstrap dependency on start.spring.io .

Just add the following dependency in your pom.xml file :

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter</artifactId>
    </dependency>

answered Jan 10 '21 at 19:50

Christophe Willemsen

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Unfortunately no! I still have the same error. – Jack Pate Jan 10 '21 at 20:19

Spring Cloud Vault: Token (spring.cloud.vault.token) must not be empty

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