[TomEE] Cannot invoke "org.eclipse.microprofile.auth.LoginConfig.authMethod()" because "loginConfig" is null #344
Description
# Tested with:
tomee docker image: tomee:plus
org.eclipse.microprofile.jwt:microprofile-jwt-auth-api:2.1
# but same is with:
tomee docker image: tomee:10.1-jre21-plus
org.eclipse.microprofile.jwt:microprofile-jwt-auth-api:2.2-RC1
Hello,
I created a demo Jakarta EE 10 app and configured it so it authenticates incoming requests to my protected resource against my Keycloak instance.
It works successfully with Payara Micro 6 but with TomEE 10.0 (which is what I need and have to use) it fails on startup with the following:
11-Jul-2025 11:55:42.801 WARNING [main] org.apache.batchee.container.services.ServicesManager.init You didn't specify org.apache.batchee.jmx.application and JMX is already registered, skipping
2025-07-11T11:55:42.804794711Z 11-Jul-2025 11:55:42.804 INFO [main] org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler.createApplication Deployed Application(path=/usr/local/tomee/webapps/demoapp)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.426149580Z 11-Jul-2025 11:55:43.425 INFO [main] org.apache.myfaces.webapp.MyFacesContainerInitializer.onStartup Using org.apache.myfaces.webapp.MyFacesContainerInitializer
2025-07-11T11:55:43.614818412Z 11-Jul-2025 11:55:43.614 INFO [main] org.apache.myfaces.webapp.MyFacesContainerInitializer.onStartup Added FacesServlet with mappings=[/faces/*, *.jsf, *.faces, *.xhtml]
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628173897Z 11-Jul-2025 11:55:43.626 SEVERE [main] java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke Error deploying web application archive [/usr/local/tomee/webapps/demoapp.war]
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628209564Z java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error starting child
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628212292Z at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:602)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628214272Z at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:571)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628215708Z at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:654)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628217070Z at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:965)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628218545Z at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1903)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628219991Z at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628221298Z at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628222601Z at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628224008Z at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(Unknown Source)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628236311Z at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:769)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628238350Z at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:420)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628239666Z at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1621)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628241335Z at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:303)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628255587Z at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:109)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628256899Z at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:389)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628258590Z at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:336)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628259958Z at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:776)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628261506Z at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:772)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628263034Z at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:164)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628274187Z at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1203)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628275693Z at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1193)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628277030Z at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628280369Z at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628281839Z at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(Unknown Source)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628283322Z at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:749)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628284925Z at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:203)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628286472Z at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:164)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628287734Z at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:412)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628289236Z at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:164)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628290566Z at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:870)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628292404Z at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:164)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628293861Z at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:761)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628295318Z at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(Unknown Source)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628301199Z at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628302697Z at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:345)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628304266Z at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:476)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628305690Z Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/demoapp]]
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628307498Z at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.handleSubClassException(LifecycleBase.java:406)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628309026Z at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:179)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628310551Z at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:599)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628312065Z ... 35 more
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628313380Z Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.eclipse.microprofile.auth.LoginConfig.authMethod()" because "loginConfig" is null
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628315144Z at org.apache.tomee.microprofile.jwt.MPJWTInitializer.onStartup(MPJWTInitializer.java:45)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628316658Z at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:4464)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628320249Z at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:164)
2025-07-11T11:55:43.628321622Z ... 36 more
2025-07-11T11:55:43.632485224Z 11-Jul-2025 11:55:43.632 INFO [main] java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke Deployment of web application archive [/usr/local/tomee/webapps/demoapp.war] has finished in [3,177] ms
2025-07-11T11:55:43.637611803Z 11-Jul-2025 11:55:43.637 INFO [main] java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]
2025-07-11T11:55:43.649430271Z 11-Jul-2025 11:55:43.649 INFO [main] java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke Server startup in [3311] milliseconds
Here's how I configured it:
@ApplicationScoped
@ApplicationPath("/api")
@LoginConfig(authMethod="MP-JWT")
@DeclareRoles({
"admin-role",
"user-role"
})
public class HelloApplication extends Application {
}
// is a separate class
@Path("/v1")
@Produces("text/plain")
public class HelloResource {
@GET
@Path("/admin")
@RolesAllowed("admin-role")
public String helloAdmin() {
return "Hello, Admin!";
}
@GET
@Path("/user")
public String hello() {
return "Hello, user!";
}
}
In src/main/resources/META-INF/microprofile-config.properties I have:
# JWT Configuration
mp.jwt.verify.issuer=http://auth.localhost:8090/realms/myrealm
mp.jwt.verify.publickey.location=http://auth.localhost:8090/realms/myrealm/protocol/openid-connect/certs
and my src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml contains:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee/web-app_6_0.xsd"
version="6.0">
</web-app>
I run gradle war, mount it to my tomee container's deployment dir and start it. Again, this exact setup worked perfectly with Payara - the idea was to make sure the config is correct before trying to solve startup issue in TomEE (sure, TomEE might require something differently).
Note that removing @LoginConfig(authMethod="MP-JWT") annotation on the class and using:
<login-config>
<auth-method>MP-JWT</auth-method>
</login-config>
doesn't have the same effect! There is no such startup error but all resources return 404 Not found.
Also note that I have tested with various other TomEE flavours of version 10 - but no difference.