[[getting-started]]
== Getting Started
To use the Spring Boot Maven Plugin, include the appropriate XML in the `plugins` section of your `pom.xml`, as shown in the following example:

[source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,attributes",tabsize=4]
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include::../maven/getting-started/pom.xml[tags=getting-started]
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If you use a milestone or snapshot release, you also need to add the appropriate `pluginRepository` elements, as shown in the following listing:

[source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,attributes",tabsize=4]
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include::../maven/getting-started/plugin-repositories-pom.xml[tags=plugin-repositories]
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