Unable to access localhost:8080 from eclipse springboot application

Question

I am running a simple springboot demoapplication

But while accessing the localhost:8080 from browser, I see "Site can't be reached error". What could be the issue here. Even the port is not occupied(checked via netstat). Below are the logs, displayed:-

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 :: Spring Boot ::        (v2.3.4.RELEASE)

2020-10-12 19:45:54.694  INFO 19756 --- [           main] com.example.demo.DemoApplication         : Starting DemoApplication on 8-UJLOP with PID 19756 (C:\Users\abc\Downloads\demo\demo\target\classes started by rsoni in C:\Users\abc\Downloads\demo\demo)
2020-10-12 19:45:54.695  INFO 19756 --- [           main] com.example.demo.DemoApplication         : The following profiles are active: @spring.profiles.active@
2020-10-12 19:45:54.791  INFO 19756 --- [           main] com.example.demo.DemoApplication         : Started DemoApplication in 0.312 seconds (JVM running for 0.869)

Application.properties-- it only has the below mentioned property

pom XML

Answer 1

Adding the following dependency to pom.xml worked:-

spring-boot-starter-web