Maven and Spring Boot - non resolvable parent pom - repo.spring.io (Unknown host)

Question

I am trying to build my project but I get this:

Non-resolvable parent POM: Could not transfer artifact org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:pom:1.3.0.M3 from/to spring-snapshots (http://repo.spring.io/snapshot): repo.spring.io and 'parent.relativePath' points at no local POM @ line 16, column 10: Unknown host repo.spring.io -> [Help 2]

Here is how I specify the parent of my pom.xml:

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.3.0.M3</version>
    <relativePath></relativePath>
</parent>

The is empty so that it forces maven to look for the parent in the remote repository. However, it says that repo.spring.io is an unknown host.

Here is how I define the repositories in my pom.xml:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>spring-snapshots</id>
        <url>http://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
        <snapshots>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
        </snapshots>
    </repository>
    <repository>
        <id>spring-milestones</id>
        <url>http://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<pluginRepositories>
    <pluginRepository>
        <id>spring-snapshots</id>
        <url>http://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
    </pluginRepository>
    <pluginRepository>
        <id>spring-milestones</id>
        <url>http://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
    </pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Obviously it's a problem with your internet connection. Check, if you can reach http://repo.spring.io with your browser. If yes, check if you need to configure a proxy server. If no, you should contact your internet provider.

Here is the documentation, how you configure a proxy server for Maven: https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-proxies.html