Error creating bean with name 'mbeanExporter' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jmx/JmxAutoConfiguration.class]

When you have the following JMX configuration with Spring Boot,

  @Bean
  public MBeanServerFactoryBean mBeanServer() {
    MBeanServerFactoryBean mBeanServerFactoryBean = new MBeanServerFactoryBean();
    mBeanServerFactoryBean.setLocateExistingServerIfPossible(true);
    return mBeanServerFactoryBean;
  }

you can encounter the following exception:

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'mbeanExporter' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jmx/JmxAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.AnnotationMBeanExporter]: Factory method 'mbeanExporter' threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No bean named 'mbeanServer' is defined
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:599)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1119)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1014)

If you should keep your own `MBeanServer`,

set the following property in `application.properties`:

spring.jmx.server=mBeanServer

If you don't have to keep your own `MBeanServer`,

drop your own JMX configuration for `MBeanServer`

and use one provided by Spring Boot.

Reference:
http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current-SNAPSHOT/reference/htmlsingle/