I managed to solve this problem by using the following steps: Go to File -> Settings -> Plugins -> Spring Boot was not ticked by default

When I checked Spring Boot and pressed OK, it downloaded the relevant plugin. Then, in the Add New Configuration, a Spring Boot template appeared.

Please follow the following steps:

1. Set the maven goal by clicking the "+" in IntelliJ (circled area)

2. Write mvn install.

3. Set the VM Options as: -Dspring.profiles.active=development

After that it should just run fine just by clicking the green play button.

You can install a plugin called Spring Assistant: Now you can use the initializer as: Personally, however, I use Spring initializer at start.spring.io

EDIT: Adding run configuration
Select Edit Configuration from the Run menu Now in the dialog box, lick on the + button and select Application. Now you just need to provide the name of the main class. You could click on the browse button(...) to get a list of files having main(...).

I added -Dspring.profiles.active=test to VM Options and then re-ran that configuration. It worked perfectly.

This can be set by

• Choosing Run | Edit Configurations...
• Go to the Configuration tab
• Expand the Environment section to reveal VM options

Looking at my working Spring Boot 2.0.4 app configuration, I can suggest you to try these:

• Correct syntax for spring profiles is --spring.profiles.active=yourprofile in Program Arguments

• Working directory should be set to your application root folder.

I also don't have separate Active Profiles field highlighted on your screenshot.

This is my working configuration:

We also run our app as :

java -Dproperty=value -jar path/ourapp.jar --spring.profiles.active=ourprofile

Actually, both variants of active profile configuration are correct - see Setting active profile and config location from command line in spring boot