java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can't specify > 1 instances for already created verticle
    at io.vertx.core.impl.DeploymentManager.deployVerticle(DeploymentManager.java:70)
    at io.vertx.core.impl.VertxImpl.deployVerticle(VertxImpl.java:516)
    at io.vertx.core.impl.VertxImpl.deployVerticle(VertxImpl.java:511)
    at com.mycompany.world_map_service.web.starter.StarterVerticle.lambda$main$0(StarterVerticle.java:39)

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(StarterVerticle.class);


        ClusterManager mgr = new HazelcastClusterManager();
        VertxOptions options = new VertxOptions().setClusterManager(mgr);
        Vertx.clusteredVertx(options, res -> {
            DeploymentOptions deploymentOptions = new DeploymentOptions().setConfig(config);
            if (res.succeeded()) {
                Vertx vertx = res.result();
                //  Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(new AppInjector(vertx));
                Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(new AppInjector(vertx, deploymentOptions));
                vertx.deployVerticle(injector.getInstance(VertxHttpServerVerticle.class), deploymentOptions.setInstances(3));
                ...
}

public class AppInjector extends AbstractModule {

    private Vertx vertx = null;
    private Context context = null;
    DeploymentOptions deploymentOptions = null;


    public AppInjector(Vertx vertx, DeploymentOptions deploymentOptions) {
        this.vertx = vertx;
        this.context = vertx.getOrCreateContext();
        this.deploymentOptions = deploymentOptions;
    }


    @Override
    protected void configure() {
        bind(LocationService.class).to(LocationServiceImpl.class).in(Singleton.class);
        bind(LocationServiceDAO.class).to(LocationServiceDaoImpl.class).in(Singleton.class);
        bind(RedisRepo.class).toProvider(() -> {
            return new RedisRepo(deploymentOptions.getConfig());
        });
        bind(Neo4jRepo.class).toProvider(() -> {
            return new Neo4jRepo(deploymentOptions.getConfig());
        });
    }
}

vertx.deployVerticle(injector.getInstance(VertxHttpServerVerticle.class), deploymentOptions.setInstances(3));