Project not starting. Error loading GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS from ENV

[subhrajlahiri]

I have set the environmental variables for GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. Still the application is asking to set the property.

Can you please help..

Stacktrace:

`org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'getDatabase' defined in class path resource [io/thepro/apiservice/config/FirebaseConfig.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [com.google.cloud.firestore.Firestore]: Factory method 'getDatabase' threw exception; nested exception is java.io.IOException: The Application Default Credentials are not available. They are available if running in Google Compute Engine. Otherwise, the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS must be defined pointing to a file defining the credentials. See https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/application-default-credentials for more information.
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:656)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:484)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1336)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1179)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:571)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:531)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:335)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:333)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:208)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:944)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:925)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:588)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:144)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:767)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:759)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:426)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:326)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1309)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1298)
at io.thepro.apiservice.APIServiceApplication.main(APIServiceApplication.java:13)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.RestartLauncher.run(RestartLauncher.java:49)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [com.google.cloud.firestore.Firestore]: Factory method 'getDatabase' threw exception; nested exception is java.io.IOException: The Application Default Credentials are not available. They are available if running in Google Compute Engine. Otherwise, the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS must be defined pointing to a file defining the credentials. See https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/application-default-credentials for more information.
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:185)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:651)
... 25 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.io.IOException: The Application Default Credentials are not available. They are available if running in Google Compute Engine. Otherwise, the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS must be defined pointing to a file defining the credentials. See https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/application-default-credentials for more information.
at com.google.auth.oauth2.DefaultCredentialsProvider.getDefaultCredentials(DefaultCredentialsProvider.java:134)
at com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault(GoogleCredentials.java:119)
at com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault(GoogleCredentials.java:91)
at io.thepro.apiservice.config.FirebaseConfig.getDatabase(FirebaseConfig.java:56)
at io.thepro.apiservice.config.FirebaseConfig$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$c48defa0.CGLIB$getDatabase$2()
at io.thepro.apiservice.config.FirebaseConfig$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$c48defa0$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$3bbb723a.invoke()
at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:244)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:331)
at io.thepro.apiservice.config.FirebaseConfig$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$c48defa0.getDatabase()
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:154)
... 26 common frames omitted

Process finished with exit code 0
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[Tom-DK]

Set this in your IDE?

[gladius]

@subhrajlahiri like @Tom-DK has suggested, use your IDE to set project specific env which is isolated and easily manageable.

Visual Studio Code:

use .vscode/launch.json file to add your env

Reference:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/java/java-debugging

Eclipse :

Use Environment tab under your project's run configuration.

Reference:
https://medium.com/techfeeds/how-to-create-environment-variables-in-eclipse-java-and-aws-lambda-c4791bea6e5f
https://examples.javacodegeeks.com/desktop-java/ide/eclipse/eclipse-environment-variable-setup-example/

Global / System Level Env :

If you still want to set environment variables globally, I think you should set it through "Edit the system environment variables" or "Edit the account environment variables" option for windows.

Reference:
https://superuser.com/a/989665