Zuul Proxy not able to route, resulting in com.netflix.zuul.exception.ZuulException: Forwarding error - netflix-zuul

Question

I have simple services as:
transactions-core-service and transactions-api-service.
transactions-api-service invokes transactions-core-service to return a list of transactions. transactions-api-service is enabled with hystrix command.
Both are registered in Eureka server with below services ids:
TRANSACTIONS-API-SERVICE n/a (1) (1) UP (1) - 192.168.2.12:transactions-api-service:8083
TRANSACTIONS-CORE-SERVICE n/a (1) (1) UP (1) - 192.168.2.12:transactions-core-service:8087
Below is Zuul server:
#SpringBootApplication
#Controller
#EnableZuulProxy
public class ZuulApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SpringApplicationBuilder(ZuulApplication.class).web(true).run(args);
}
}
Zuul Configurations:
===============================================
info:
component: Zuul Server
server:
port: 8765
endpoints:
restart:
enabled: true
shutdown:
enabled: true
health:
sensitive: false
zuul:
ignoredServices: "*"
routes:
transactions-api-service:
path: transactions/accounts/**
serviceId: transactions-api-service
eureka:
client:
serviceUrl:
defaultZone: http://localhost:8761/eureka/
logging:
level:
ROOT: INFO
org.springframework.web: DEBUG
===============================================
When I try to invoke transactions-api-service with url (http://localhost:8765/transactions/accounts/123/transactions/786) I get Zuul Exception:
2016-02-13 11:29:29.050 WARN 4936 --- [nio-8765-exec-1]
o.s.c.n.z.filters.post.SendErrorFilter : Error during filtering
com.netflix.zuul.exception.ZuulException: Forwarding error
at org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul.filters.route.RibbonRoutingFilter.forward(RibbonRoutingFilter.java:131)
~[spring-cloud-net flix-core-1.1.0.M3.jar:1.1.0.M3]
at org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul.filters.route.RibbonRoutingFilter.run(RibbonRoutingFilter.java:76)
~[spring-cloud-netflix- core-1.1.0.M3.jar:1.1.0.M3] ......
If I invoke the transactions-api-service individually (with localhost /accounts/123/transactions/786), it works fine.
Am I missing any configurations on Zuul?

Answer 1

You need to change zuul execution timeout by adding this property in application.yml of zuul server:
# Increase the Hystrix timeout to 60s (globally)
hystrix:
command:
default:
execution:
isolation:
thread:
timeoutInMilliseconds: 60000
Please refer to this thread on netflix issues: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-netflix/issues/321

Answer 2

Faced same issue. In my case, zuul was using service discovery. As a solution, below configuration worked like a charm.
ribbon.ReadTimeout=60000
Reference to the property usage is here.

Answer 3

You have an incorrect indentation. Instead of:
zuul:
ignoredServices: "*"
routes:
transactions-api-service:
path: transactions/accounts/**
serviceId: transactions-api-service
It should be:
zuul:
ignoredServices: "*"
routes:
transactions-api-service:
path: transactions/accounts/**
serviceId: transactions-api-service

Answer 4

you can use this to avoid 500 error
hystrix.command.default.execution.isolation.thread.timeoutInMilliseconds=1000000
zuul.host.connect-timeout-millis=10000
zuul.host.socket-timeout-millis=1000000

Answer 5

In case if your Zuul gateway uses discovery service for service lookup in that case you can disable the hystrix timeout or increase the hysterix timeout as below :
# Disable Hystrix timeout globally (for all services)
hystrix.command.default.execution.timeout.enabled: false
#To disable timeout foror particular service,
hystrix.command.<serviceName>.execution.timeout.enabled: false
# Increase the Hystrix timeout to 60s (globally)
hystrix.command.default.execution.isolation.thread.timeoutInMilliseconds: 60000
# Increase the Hystrix timeout to 60s (per service)
hystrix.command.<serviceName>.execution.isolation.thread.timeoutInMilliseconds: 60000

Answer 6

I was having same issue with zuul server, it got resolved with below property
Let's say you have 2 clients clientA and clientB,
so for clientA, spring.application.name=clientA and server.port=1111
for clientB spring.application.name=clientB and server.port=2222 in there respective application.propeties files.
You want to connect this 2 servers to ZuulServer which is running on port 8087.
add below properties in you ZuulServer application.properties file
spring.application.name=gateway-service
eureka.client.serviceUrl.defaultZone=http://localhost:8761/eureka
eureka.client.register-with-eureka=true
eureka.client.fetch-registry=true
clientA.ribbon.listOfServers=http://localhost:1111
clientB.ribbon.listOfServers=http://localhost:2222
server.port=8087
Note: I am using Eureka Client with my Zuul Server. you can skip that part. Adding this solution in case its helpful for someone.