Add Maven Remote catalogue in eclipse

Maven remote catalogues are very useful in starting a project quickly and neatly. The project structure including src, test directory are created along with pom dependencies.

Follow below steps to add remote archetype catalogue

1. Go to Windows -> Preferences -> Maven ->Archetype
2. Click on Add Remote Catalog
   
3. Add catalogue file as
   • http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/archetype-catalog.xml
4. Description as
   • Remote Archetype catalogue
5. Click on Verify, you should see a message like Found XXX archetype’s

If you are behind a proxy you might need to go to Windows -> Preference-> Network and add the proxy details

Why not use this remote archetype to create your first Spring Boot Project

Follow this Video for more details