The easiest way for you to create a Helidon MP project is by using a Maven archetype. Just execute this command:
mvn archetype:generate -DinteractiveMode=false \
-DarchetypeGroupId=io.helidon.archetypes \
-DarchetypeArtifactId=helidon-quickstart-mp \
-DarchetypeVersion=1.4.1 \
-DgroupId=com.eldermoraes.ch08 \
-DartifactId=ch08-mpmetrics \
-Dpackage=com.eldermoraes.com.ch08.mpmetrics
So, your starter project will be under the ch08-mpmetrics folder:
cd ch08-mpmetrics
Now, we are ready to go!