title: Spring boot , pom.xml
body: <p>I am a spring new bee, 
  trying to import gs-rest-service-complete into my STS , I am able to import but getting compilation error in pom.xml</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Could not transfer artifact org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:pom:1.2.3.RELEASE from/to spring-releases (<a href="https://repo.spring.io/libs-release" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://repo.spring.io/libs-release</a>):<br>
    Connection refused: connect and 'parent.relativePath' points at wrong local POM  "</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Here's my pom.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"&gt;
      &lt;modelVersion&gt;4.0.0&lt;/modelVersion&gt;
  
      &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
      &lt;artifactId&gt;gs-rest-service&lt;/artifactId&gt;
      &lt;version&gt;0.1.0&lt;/version&gt;
  
      &lt;parent&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-starter-parent&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.2.3.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/parent&gt;
  
      &lt;dependencies&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-starter-web&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;/dependencies&gt;
  
      &lt;properties&gt;
          &lt;java.version&gt;1.7&lt;/java.version&gt;
      &lt;/properties&gt;
  
      &lt;build&gt;
          &lt;plugins&gt;
              &lt;plugin&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-maven-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;/plugin&gt;
          &lt;/plugins&gt;
      &lt;/build&gt;
  
      &lt;repositories&gt;
          &lt;repository&gt;
              &lt;id&gt;spring-releases&lt;/id&gt;
              &lt;url&gt;https://repo.spring.io/libs-release&lt;/url&gt;
          &lt;/repository&gt;
      &lt;/repositories&gt;
      &lt;pluginRepositories&gt;
          &lt;pluginRepository&gt;
              &lt;id&gt;spring-releases&lt;/id&gt;
              &lt;url&gt;https://repo.spring.io/libs-release&lt;/url&gt;
          &lt;/pluginRepository&gt;
      &lt;/pluginRepositories&gt;
  &lt;/project&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone guide what mistake I am doing?</p>