create-spring-boot-java-project
github/awesome-copilot
Generate a Spring Boot 3.4.5 project skeleton with PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, and Docker Compose pre-configured.
What is create-spring-boot-java-project?
Creates a production-ready Spring Boot Java project with Maven, including database connectors (PostgreSQL, MongoDB), caching (Redis), API documentation (SpringDoc), and Docker Compose services. Use this when starting a new Spring Boot microservice or backend application.
- Downloads Spring Boot 3.4.5 project template with Java 21 and Maven
- Includes dependencies: Lombok, Web, Data JPA, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Validation, Cache, TestContainers, SpringDoc OpenAPI, and ArchUnit
- Generates docker-compose.yaml with Redis, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB services pre-configured
- Adds application.properties with connection settings for all three databases
- Creates .gitignore entries for database volumes
- Validates setup with Maven test command
How to install create-spring-boot-java-project
npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill create-spring-boot-java-project- Java 21 installed and in PATH
- Docker installed and running
- Docker Compose installed
- curl command available in terminal
How to use create-spring-boot-java-project
- 1.Verify Java 21 is installed by running `java -version`
- 2.Run the curl command to download the Spring Boot starter template (customize artifactId and bootVersion if needed)
- 3.Unzip the downloaded starter.zip file into your project directory
- 4.Remove the starter.zip file
- 5.Navigate to the project root directory
- 6.Add springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui and archunit-junit5 dependencies to pom.xml
- 7.Add SpringDoc, Redis, JPA, and MongoDB configurations to application.properties
- 8.Create docker-compose.yaml at project root with Redis, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB services
Use cases
- Starting a new microservice that needs relational and document databases
- Building a REST API with Swagger/OpenAPI documentation and caching layer
- Setting up a development environment with containerized databases
- Creating a project template for team standardization on Spring Boot 3.4.5
- Java backend developers
- Spring Boot microservice teams
- DevOps engineers setting up local development environments
- Teams standardizing on Spring Boot 3.x
create-spring-boot-java-project FAQ
Yes, modify the `bootVersion` parameter in the curl command before running it. The default is 3.4.5.
Change the `artifactId` and `packageName` parameters in the curl command. Default artifactId is 'demo-java' and packageName is 'com.example'.
PostgreSQL 17, MongoDB 8, and Redis 6 are configured in docker-compose.yaml with default credentials (username/password: postgres/rootroot for PostgreSQL, root/rootroot for MongoDB, password rootroot for Redis).
Docker Compose is optional but recommended for local development. Run `docker-compose up -d` to start the databases before running the application.
Java 21 is required. The skill will not work with earlier versions.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from github/awesome-copilot.
name: create-spring-boot-java-project description: 'Create Spring Boot Java Project Skeleton'
Create Spring Boot Java project prompt
-
Please make sure you have the following software installed on your system:
- Java 21
- Docker
- Docker Compose
-
If you need to custom the project name, please change the
artifactIdand thepackageNamein download-spring-boot-project-template -
If you need to update the Spring Boot version, please change the
bootVersionin download-spring-boot-project-template
Check Java version
- Run following command in terminal and check the version of Java
java -version
Download Spring Boot project template
- Run following command in terminal to download a Spring Boot project template
curl https://start.spring.io/starter.zip \
-d artifactId=${input:projectName:demo-java} \
-d bootVersion=3.4.5 \
-d dependencies=lombok,configuration-processor,web,data-jpa,postgresql,data-redis,data-mongodb,validation,cache,testcontainers \
-d javaVersion=21 \
-d packageName=com.example \
-d packaging=jar \
-d type=maven-project \
-o starter.zip
Unzip the downloaded file
- Run following command in terminal to unzip the downloaded file
unzip starter.zip -d ./${input:projectName:demo-java}
Remove the downloaded zip file
- Run following command in terminal to delete the downloaded zip file
rm -f starter.zip
Change directory to the project root
- Run following command in terminal to change directory to the project root
cd ${input:projectName:demo-java}
Add additional dependencies
- Insert
springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-uiandarchunit-junit5dependency intopom.xmlfile
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
<artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
<version>2.8.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
<artifactId>archunit-junit5</artifactId>
<version>1.2.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
Add SpringDoc, Redis, JPA and MongoDB configurations
- Insert SpringDoc configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# SpringDoc configurations
springdoc.swagger-ui.doc-expansion=none
springdoc.swagger-ui.operations-sorter=alpha
springdoc.swagger-ui.tags-sorter=alpha
- Insert Redis configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# Redis configurations
spring.data.redis.host=localhost
spring.data.redis.port=6379
spring.data.redis.password=rootroot
- Insert JPA configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# JPA configurations
spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres
spring.datasource.username=postgres
spring.datasource.password=rootroot
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
spring.jpa.show-sql=true
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=true
- Insert MongoDB configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# MongoDB configurations
spring.data.mongodb.host=localhost
spring.data.mongodb.port=27017
spring.data.mongodb.authentication-database=admin
spring.data.mongodb.username=root
spring.data.mongodb.password=rootroot
spring.data.mongodb.database=test
Add docker-compose.yaml with Redis, PostgreSQL and MongoDB services
-
Create
docker-compose.yamlat project root and add following services:redis:6,postgresql:17andmongo:8.- redis service should have
- password
rootroot - mapping port 6379 to 6379
- mounting volume
./redis_datato/data
- password
- postgresql service should have
- password
rootroot - mapping port 5432 to 5432
- mounting volume
./postgres_datato/var/lib/postgresql/data
- password
- mongo service should have
- initdb root username
root - initdb root password
rootroot - mapping port 27017 to 27017
- mounting volume
./mongo_datato/data/db
- initdb root username
- redis service should have
Add .gitignore file
- Insert
redis_data,postgres_dataandmongo_datadirectories in.gitignorefile
Run Maven test command
- Run maven clean test command to check if the project is working
./mvnw clean test
Run Maven run command (Optional)
- (Optional)
docker-compose up -dto start the services,./mvnw spring-boot:runto run the Spring Boot project,docker-compose rm -sfto stop the services.
Let's do this step by step
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