could not resolve plugin artifact 'org.springframework.boot:org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin:2.1.6.RELEASE'

Question

Gradle command throwing below Exception:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where: Build file '/Users/abel/Desktop/work/gundam/build.gradle' line: 2

• What went wrong: Plugin [id: 'org.springframework.boot', version: '2.1.6.RELEASE'] was not found in any of the following sources:

• Gradle Core Plugins (plugin is not in 'org.gradle' namespace)

• Plugin Repositories (could not resolve plugin artifact 'org.springframework.boot:org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin:2.1.6.RELEASE') Searched in the following repositories: Gradle Central Plugin Repository

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BUILD FAILED in 5s

Configuration:

plugins {
    id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.1.6.RELEASE'
    id 'java'
}

apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'

group = 'com.demo'
version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
sourceCompatibility = '1.8'

configurations {
    compileOnly {
        extendsFrom annotationProcessor
    }
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
    compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
    annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
    testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
}

Answer 1

You should upgrade the gradle version and currently upgrade to Gradle 5.5.1 is ok， and you need to set your idea to the current update gradle version

https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.springframework.boot

Answer 2

It is because of network problem, when I change the vpn , it started working