Error running grails 3.3 app with spring security ui - grails-spring-security

Question

I am unable to run grails app after including spring security ui plugin (3.0.2) in grails 3.3.0 application. The spring security core plugin version is 3.2.0.M1. The application works fine if spring security ui plugin is removed from the dependencies list.
Stacktrace:
2017-08-17 18:32:04.749 ERROR --- [ main] o.s.b.f.s.DefaultListableBeanFactory : Destroy method on bean with name 'org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.internalCachingMetadataReaderFactory' threw an exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ApplicationEventMulticaster not initialized - call 'refresh' before multicasting events via the context: org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext#29cfd92b: startup date [Thu Aug 17 18:31:52 NPT 2017]; root of context hierarchy
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getApplicationEventMulticaster(AbstractApplicationContext.java:414)
at org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationListenerDetector.postProcessBeforeDestruction(ApplicationListenerDetector.java:97)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DisposableBeanAdapter.destroy(DisposableBeanAdapter.java:253)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.destroyBean(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:578)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.destroySingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:554)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.destroySingleton(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:961)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.destroySingletons(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:523)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.destroySingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:968)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.destroyBeans(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1030)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:556)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:693)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:360)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303)
at grails.boot.GrailsApp.run(GrailsApp.groovy:83)
at grails.boot.GrailsApp.run(GrailsApp.groovy:388)
at grails.boot.GrailsApp.run(GrailsApp.groovy:375)
at grails.boot.GrailsApp$run.call(Unknown Source)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:133)
at ims.Application.main(Application.groovy:8)
2017-08-17 18:32:04.798 ERROR --- [ main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application startup failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'methodValidationPostProcessor' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/validation/ValidationAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'methodValidationPostProcessor' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'hibernateDatastoreServiceRegistry': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'hibernateDatastore' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'hibernateDatastore': Bean instantiation via constructor failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.grails.orm.hibernate.HibernateDatastore]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:749)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:467)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1173)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.registerBeanPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:223)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerBeanPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:703)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:528)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:693)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:360)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303)
at grails.boot.GrailsApp.run(GrailsApp.groovy:83)
at grails.boot.GrailsApp.run(GrailsApp.groovy:388)
at grails.boot.GrailsApp.run(GrailsApp.groovy:375)
at grails.boot.GrailsApp$run.call(Unknown Source)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:133)
at ims.Application.main(Application.groovy:8)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'hibernateDatastoreServiceRegistry': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'hibernateDatastore' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'hibernateDatastore': Bean instantiation via constructor failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.grails.orm.hibernate.HibernateDatastore]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:359)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:108)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:648)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:145)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1193)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1095)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.getSingletonFactoryBeanForTypeCheck(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:923)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.getTypeForFactoryBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:804)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.isTypeMatch(AbstractBeanFactory.java:558)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doGetBeanNamesForType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:432)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeanNamesForType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:395)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(BeanFactoryUtils.java:220)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1267)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1101)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:835)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:741)
... 24 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'hibernateDatastore': Bean instantiation via constructor failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.grails.orm.hibernate.HibernateDatastore]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:279)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1193)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1095)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:351)
... 40 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.grails.orm.hibernate.HibernateDatastore]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:154)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:122)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:271)
... 49 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null
at java.beans.Introspector.getPublicDeclaredMethods(Introspector.java:1337)
at java.beans.Introspector.getTargetMethodInfo(Introspector.java:1197)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Introspector.java:426)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Introspector.java:173)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl$15.run(MetaClassImpl.java:3313)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.addProperties(MetaClassImpl.java:3311)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.initialize(MetaClassImpl.java:3288)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ClassInfo.getMetaClassUnderLock(ClassInfo.java:260)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ClassInfo.getMetaClass(ClassInfo.java:302)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.MetaClassRegistryImpl.getMetaClass(MetaClassRegistryImpl.java:261)
at org.grails.datastore.mapping.reflect.ClassPropertyFetcher.getStaticPropertyValue(ClassPropertyFetcher.java:176)
at org.grails.datastore.mapping.model.AbstractPersistentEntity.<init>(AbstractPersistentEntity.java:74)
at org.grails.orm.hibernate.cfg.HibernatePersistentEntity.<init>(HibernatePersistentEntity.java:31)
at org.grails.orm.hibernate.cfg.HibernateMappingContext.createPersistentEntity(HibernateMappingContext.java:147)
at org.grails.datastore.mapping.model.AbstractMappingContext.addPersistentEntities(AbstractMappingContext.java:274)
at org.grails.orm.hibernate.cfg.HibernateMappingContext.<init>(HibernateMappingContext.java:73)
at org.grails.orm.hibernate.connections.HibernateConnectionSourceFactory.buildConfiguration(HibernateConnectionSourceFactory.java:94)
at org.grails.orm.hibernate.connections.HibernateConnectionSourceFactory.create(HibernateConnectionSourceFactory.java:85)
at org.grails.orm.hibernate.connections.AbstractHibernateConnectionSourceFactory.create(AbstractHibernateConnectionSourceFactory.java:38)
at org.grails.orm.hibernate.connections.AbstractHibernateConnectionSourceFactory.create(AbstractHibernateConnectionSourceFactory.java:22)
at org.grails.datastore.mapping.core.connections.AbstractConnectionSourceFactory.create(AbstractConnectionSourceFactory.java:64)
at org.grails.datastore.mapping.core.connections.AbstractConnectionSourceFactory.create(AbstractConnectionSourceFactory.java:52)
at org.grails.datastore.mapping.core.connections.ConnectionSourcesInitializer.create(ConnectionSourcesInitializer.groovy:24)
at org.grails.orm.hibernate.HibernateDatastore.<init>(HibernateDatastore.java:189)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.springsource.loaded.ri.ReflectiveInterceptor.jlrConstructorNewInstance(ReflectiveInterceptor.java:1075)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:142)
... 51 common frames omitted
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':bootRun'.
> Process 'command '/home/satish/tools/jdk1.8.0_131/bin/java'' finished with non-zero exit value 1
Also running the command s2ui-override auth gives the following error
| Error Command [s2ui-override] error: class path resource [login/auth.gsp] cannot be opened because it does not exist (NOTE: Stack trace has been filtered. Use --verbose to see entire trace.)
java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [login/auth.gsp] cannot be opened because it does not exist
at org.grails.io.support.ClassPathResource.getInputStream(ClassPathResource.java:148)
at org.grails.io.support.SpringIOUtils.copy(SpringIOUtils.java:196)
at org.grails.cli.profile.commands.io.FileSystemInteractionImpl.copy(FileSystemInteractionImpl.groovy:144)
at org.grails.cli.profile.commands.io.FileSystemInteractionImpl.copy(FileSystemInteractionImpl.groovy:108)
at org.grails.cli.profile.commands.io.FileSystemInteractionImpl.copy(FileSystemInteractionImpl.groovy)
at org.grails.cli.profile.commands.script.GroovyScriptCommand.copy(GroovyScriptCommand.groovy:58)
at org.grails.cli.profile.commands.io.FileSystemInteraction$copy$0.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
at s2ui-override.run(s2ui-override.groovy:67)
at org.grails.cli.profile.commands.script.GroovyScriptCommand.handle(GroovyScriptCommand.groovy:152)
at org.grails.cli.profile.AbstractProfile.handleCommand(AbstractProfile.groovy:481)
at org.grails.cli.GrailsCli.handleCommand(GrailsCli.groovy:378)
at org.grails.cli.GrailsCli.handleCommand(GrailsCli.groovy:351)
at org.grails.cli.GrailsCli.execute(GrailsCli.groovy:272)
at org.grails.cli.GrailsCli.main(GrailsCli.groovy:159)
| Error Command [s2ui-override] error: class path resource [login/auth.gsp] cannot be opened because it does not exist
dependencies used:
dependencies {
compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging"
compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure"
compile "org.grails:grails-core"
compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator"
compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
compile "org.grails:grails-web-boot"
compile "org.grails:grails-logging"
compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-rest"
compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-databinding"
compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-i18n"
compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-services"
compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-url-mappings"
compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-interceptors"
compile "org.grails.plugins:cache"
compile "org.grails.plugins:async"
compile "org.grails.plugins:scaffolding"
compile "org.grails.plugins:events"
compile "org.grails.plugins:hibernate5"
compile "org.hibernate:hibernate-core:5.1.5.Final"
compile "org.grails.plugins:gsp"
console "org.grails:grails-console"
profile "org.grails.profiles:web"
runtime "org.glassfish.web:el-impl:2.1.2-b03"
runtime "com.h2database:h2"
runtime "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc"
runtime "com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-grails:2.14.2"
testCompile "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support"
testCompile "org.grails.plugins:geb"
testCompile "org.grails:grails-web-testing-support"
testRuntime "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-htmlunit-driver:2.47.1"
testRuntime "net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:2.18"
runtime "mysql:mysql-connector-java:6.0.5"
compile 'org.grails.plugins:spring-security-core:3.2.0.M1'
compile 'org.grails.plugins:spring-security-ui:3.0.2'
}

Answer 1

I have run into the same problem and it seems that spring security ui 3.0.2 does not support many changes made in grails 3.3.0
The new version 3.1.0 is not published yet, however it already works and you just need it to compile yourselves.
Here is the git repo:
https://github.com/grails-plugins/grails-spring-security-ui
Here I have described how to do that step by step:
https://github.com/grails-plugins/grails-spring-security-ui/issues/75
Until it is officially released this semms to be the only way