Install dependency pre-requisite: install java 8 depends on OS dependency mvn compile package add jvm option from parameters in maven build -Dspring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://${url} -Dspring.datasource.username=${username} -Dspring.datasource.password=${password} Local Dev Environment spin up database from docker image docker pull postgres docker run --name dealerDB -e POSTGRES_DB=dealer -e POSTGRES_USER=admin -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -p 5432:5432 -d postgres Run Application mvn clean compile package -DskipTests=true && java -jar target/car-dealer-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.war --spring.datasource.url=${url} --spring.datasource.username=${username} --spring.datasource.password=${password} mvn clean compile package -DskipTests=true && java -jar target/car-dealer-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.war --spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5431/dealer_dev --spring.datasource.username=admin --spring.datasource.password=password deploy application