Create a spring boot from console with spring-cli command line:
sudo apt-get install gvm gvm install gradle grails groovy springboot . /home/david/.gvm/springboot/1.2.3.RELEASE/bin/
spring $ init -l $ init -d ws,web,velocity,social-twitter,social-facebook,security,mysql,mobile,mail,jersey,hateoas,data-rest,data-jpa,cloud-oauth2,aop,actuator
Or create it from Spring Tool Suite (tuned version of Eclipse IDE): https://spring.io/tools
File -> Import -> Spring -> Spring Getting Starter Content -> Select an example from Spring Boot.
Or create a new project with STS clicking in File -> New Project -> Project... -> Spring -> "Spring Starter Project"
Select app name, type of project, java version (1.8) and dependencies:
Examples:
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot https://github.com/joshlong/the-spring-rest-stack