Spring Boot build image failure for native image

Question

Using spring boot 2.6.2, with java17, trying to create native image but it fails with below error.

Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:2.6.2:build-image (default-cli) on project shoppinglist: Execution default-cli of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:2.6.2:build-image failed: Builder lifecycle 'creator' failed with status code 145 -> [Help 1]

I am building it on windows 11 machine with docker desktop installed

mvnw spring-boot:build-image

[INFO]     [creator]     [/layers/paketo-buildpacks_native-image/native-image/com.example.shoppinglist.ShoppinglistApplication:204]    classlist:  10,121.42 ms,  1.20 GB
[INFO]     [creator]     20:58:34.611 [main] DEBUG org.jboss.logging - Logging Provider: org.jboss.logging.Log4j2LoggerProvider
[INFO]     [creator]     [/layers/paketo-buildpacks_native-image/native-image/com.example.shoppinglist.ShoppinglistApplication:204]        (cap):     773.97 ms,  1.70 GB
[INFO]     [creator]     Warning: Could not register org.springframework.boot.actuate.web.mappings.reactive.RequestMappingConditionsDescription: allDeclaredConstructors for reflection. Reason: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/RequestMappingInfo.
[INFO]     [creator]     Warning: Could not register org.springframework.boot.actuate.web.mappings.reactive.RequestMappingConditionsDescription$MediaTypeExpressionDescription: allDeclaredConstructors for reflection. Reason: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/MediaTypeExpression.
[INFO]     [creator]     [/layers/paketo-buildpacks_native-image/native-image/com.example.shoppinglist.ShoppinglistApplication:204]        setup:   3,523.59cation:204]        setup:   3,523.59 ms,  1.70 GB
[INFO]     [creator]     Warning: Could not register complete reflection metadata for org.springframework.boot.actuate.web.mappings.reactive.RequestMappingConditionsDescription. Reason(s): java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/RequestMappingInfo
[INFO]     [creator]     Warning: Could not register complete reflection metadata for org.springframework.boot.actuate.web.mappings.reactive.RequestMappingConditionsDescription$MediaTypeExpressionDescription. Reason(s): java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/MediaTypeExpression
[INFO]     [creator]     Error: Image build request failed with exit status 137
[INFO]     [creator]     unable to invoke layer creator
[INFO]     [creator]     unable to contribute native-image layer
[INFO]     [creator]     error running build
[INFO]     [creator]     exit status 137
[INFO]     [creator]     ERROR: failed to build: exit status 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  04:47 min
[INFO] Finished at: 2022-01-19T02:30:19+05:30
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:2.6.2:build-image (default-cli) on project shoppinglist: Execution default-cli of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:2.6.2:build-image failed: Builder lifecycle 'creator' failed with status code 145 -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]

Answer 1

Creating native images consumes a lot of memory. This message appears when the system runs out of memory.

In this official documentation you can find some tips and tricks related to this error:

https://docs.spring.io/spring-native/docs/0.11.1/reference/htmlsingle/#_out_of_memory_error_when_building_the_native_image

UPDATE

In the referenced documentation another SO answer is referenced with more trips&tricks: How to assign more memory to docker container