Deploying the backend

If you are going to use your own server, the easiest way to deploy the Spring Boot application is to use an executable Java ARchive (JAR) file. If you use Maven, an executable JAR file can be created using the Spring Boot Maven plugin and adding the following lines of code to your pom.xml file:

 <plugin>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <executable>true</executable>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Next, we have to build our project using the mvn clean install command. You can run a custom maven command in the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) by right-clicking Project in the project explorer, selecting Run as | Maven Build…, and typing clean install in the Goals...