Spring Boot Microservice zuul Forwarding error

Question

I have created micro service using spring boot and implment zuul proxy so when I call url via zuul proxy and somehow my service is down I get com.netflix.zuul.exception.ZuulException

com.netflix.zuul.exception.ZuulException: Forwarding error at org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul.filters.route.RibbonRoutingFilter.handleException(RibbonRoutingFilter.java:198) ~[spring-cloud.netflix-zuul-2.2.1.RELEASE.jar:2.2.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul.filters.route.RibbonRoutingFilter.forward(RibbonRoutingFilter.java:173) ~[spring-cloud.netflix-zuul-2.2.1.RELEASE.jar:2.2.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul.filters.route.RibbonRoutingFilter.run(RibbonRoutingFilter.java:119) ~[spring-cloud.netflix-zuul-2.2.1.RELEASE.jar:2.2.1.RELEASE] at com.netflix.zuul.ZuulFilter.runFilter(ZuulFilter.java:117) ~[zuul-core-1.3.1.jar:1.3.1] at com.netflix.zuul.FilterProcessor.processZuulFilter(FilterProcessor.java:193) ~[zuul-core-1.3.1.jar:1.3.1] at com.netflix.zuul.FilterProcessor.runFilters(FilterProcessor.java:157) ~[zuul-core-1.3.1.882028 78901088:1.3.1] at com.netflix.zuul.FilterProcessor.route(FilterProcessor.java:118) ~[zuul-core-1.3.1.jar:1.3.1] at com.netflix.zuul.ZuulRunner.route(ZuulRunner.java:96) ~[zuul-core-1.3.1.jar:1.3.1] at com.netflix.zuul.http.ZuulServlet.route(ZuulServlet.java:116) ~[zuul-core-1.3.1.jar:1.3.1] at com.netflix.zuul.http.ZuulServlet.service(ZuulServlet.java:81) ~[zuul-core-1.3.1.jar:1.3.1] at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.ServletWrappingController.handleRequestInternal(ServletWrappingController.java:166) [spring-webmvc-5.2.4.RELEASE.jar:5.2.4.RELEASE] at org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul.web.ZuulController.handleRequest(ZuulController.java:45) [spring-cloud.netflix-zuul-2.2.1.RELEASE.jar:2.2.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.handle(SimpleControllerHandlerAdapte r.java:52) [spring-webmvc-5.2.4.RELEASE.jar:5.2.4.RELEASE] at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1040) [spring-webmvc-5.2.4.RELEASE.jar:5.2.4.RELEASE] at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:943) [spring-webmvc-5.2.4.RELEASE.jar:5.2.4.RELEASE] at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006) [spring-webmvc-5.2.4.RELEASE.jar:5.2.4.RELEASE] at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:898) [spring-webmvc-5.2.4.RELEASE.jar:5.2.4.RELEASE] at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:634) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.31.jar:9.0.31] at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883) [spring-webmvc-5.2.4.RELEASE.jar:5.2.4.RELEASE] at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.31.jar:9.0.31]

Answer 1

Zuul API gateway has been deprecated and now in maintenance mode. so it not recommended to use it.

You should use latest Spring Cloud Gatway in your project. if you want to use gateway

learn more about spring cloud gateway here: https://www.baeldung.com/spring-cloud-gateway