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🚀 Solving Common Deployment Issues in Spring Boot

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Deploying a Spring Boot application can be challenging due to configuration mismatches, dependency conflicts, database connectivity issues, and port conflicts. Let’s break down these issues and explore effective solutions! 🛠️

🔴 Common Deployment Issues & Their Solutions

1️⃣ Environment Configuration Differences
📌 Problem: Configuration varies across environments (dev, test, prod), leading to unexpected failures.
✅ Solution:

Use Spring Profiles (application-dev.yml, application-prod.yml).

Store sensitive data in environment variables or Spring Cloud Config.

🔹 Example (application.yml):

spring:
  config:
    activate:
      on-profile: prod
  datasource:
    url: jdbc:mysql://prod-db:3306/mydb
    username: prod_user
    password: ${DB_PASSWORD}
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Run with:java -jar myapp.jar --spring.profiles.active=prod

2️⃣ Dependency Conflicts in Deployment
📌 Problem: Conflicting dependency versions cause runtime failures.
✅ Solution:

Use Maven/Gradle dependency management to enforce consistent versions.

Run mvn dependency:tree or gradle dependencies to identify conflicts.

🔹 Example (Maven Enforced Versions):

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
            <version>2.7.2</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
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3️⃣ Database Connectivity Issues (MySQL & MongoDB)
📌 Problem: *Incorrect database configurations or network restrictions prevent connections.
*✅ Solution:

Ensure the database is running and accessible.

Use the correct JDBC URL format.

Allow firewall access to database ports.

🔹 Example (MySQL in application.yml):

spring:
  datasource:
    url: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb
    username: root
    password: secret
    driver-class-name: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
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🔹 Example (MongoDB in application.yml):

spring:
  data:
    mongodb:
      uri: mongodb://localhost:27017/mydatabase
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4️⃣ Port Conflicts
📌 Problem: The application’s default port (8080) is already in use.
✅ Solution:

Change the port in application.properties:server.port=9090

Find conflicting processes and stop them:

netstat -tulnp | grep 8080  # Linux/macOS
netstat -ano | findstr :8080  # Windows
kill -9 <PID>  # Stop the process
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5️⃣ Incorrect Build Artifact
📌 Problem: The wrong build file (.jar or .war) is deployed.
✅ Solution:

Ensure you are building the correct format:
mvn clean package -DskipTests
java -jar target/myapp.jar

Use Spring Boot plugins for proper packaging:

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>
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🔥 Final Thoughts
Proper configuration management, dependency resolution, database setup, and artifact handling can significantly reduce deployment failures.

Have you ever faced deployment issues? Share your experience in the comments! 🚀

📌 Helpful Links:
🔗 Spring Boot Profiles
🔗 Maven Dependency Management
🔗 Spring Boot Database Configuration

SpringBoot #Java #Maven #Deployment #DevOps #BackendDevelopment #Database #MySQL #MongoDB

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