HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error Type Exception Report Message Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory': FactoryBean which is currently in creation returned null from getObject Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request. Exception org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory': FactoryBean which is currently in creation returned null from getObject org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:183) org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.getObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:135) org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getObjectForBeanInstance(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1828) org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.getObjectForBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1265) org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261) org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:207) org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1115) org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.lookupSessionFactory(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:195) org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.lookupSessionFactory(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:180) org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:131) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119) org.openmrs.web.filter.StartupFilter.doFilter(StartupFilter.java:108) org.openmrs.web.filter.StartupFilter.doFilter(StartupFilter.java:108) org.openmrs.web.filter.StartupFilter.doFilter(StartupFilter.java:108) org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119) Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs. Apache Tomcat/7.0.100