Create simple app using maven mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=org.catcher -DartifactId=SampleApp -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp Add parent spring-boot-starter to main pom.xml <parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>1.5.8.RELEASE</version& »