Steps to run with Maven 1.) "mvn gae:unpack " to unpack appengine SDK. 2.) "mvn gae:run" to run the application locally. You can access application using http://localhost:8080/ url. 3.) Change the application name in the "appengine-web.xml" file located in store-appengine-webapp/war/WEB-INF directory. e.g - yournamedemo1 4.) "mvn gae:update" to upload the application.