No plugin found for prefix ‘spring-boot’ in the current project and in the plugin groups

When encountering the error message “no plugin found for prefix ‘spring-boot’ in the current project and in the plugin groups,” it usually means that the necessary Maven or Gradle plugin is not present in the project’s configuration. This error commonly occurs when attempting to run or build a Spring Boot application using a build tool without the required plugin.

To resolve this issue, you need to ensure that the appropriate plugin for Spring Boot is added to your build configuration, depending on whether you are using Maven or Gradle.

Maven Example:

    <build>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
          <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.5.2</version>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </build>
  

In the Maven example above, the spring-boot-maven-plugin plugin is added to the project’s build configuration. The version specified may vary depending on the version of Spring Boot you are using.

Gradle Example:

    plugins {
        id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.5.2'
    }
  

In the Gradle example above, the Spring Boot plugin is added directly in the plugin block of your build.gradle file. Again, the version specified may vary.

Make sure to replace the version numbers in the examples with the appropriate version for your project. Once you have added the plugin to your build configuration, run the build or bootRun command again, and the error should be resolved.