In order to run this project you need to add below properties in your settings.xml file. change them to appropriate value :) <commons.oracle.url>jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE</commons.oracle.url> <commons.oracle.username>commons</commons.oracle.username> <commons.oracle.password>commons</commons.oracle.password> You need to create commons user DBMS : create user commons identified by commons; commons user needs resource and connect privileges: grant resource,connect to commons;