Where to specify the repository element for Artifactory release?

Question

I am trying to release a project in the Artifactory repository. It’s a project which is a dependency of my main project, so I would like to put the pom, the .jar and the sources.jar in the artifactory repository.

The settings.xml file is stored in the maven directory :

D:\...\...\maven\apache-maven-3.3.1\conf

I have already tagged the version using following maven command :

mvn clean release:prepare

Then, if I try :

mvn clean release:perform –Partifactory

, I get the error :

[INFO] [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy (default-deploy) on project ........ : Deployment failed: repository element was not specified in the POM inside distributionManagement element or in -DaltDeploymentRepository=id::layout::url parameter

What should I do to use the artifactory profile ? Is it possible without changing the pom ? I have tried without success to copy the settings.xml in my local maven repository.

If I have to change the pom, can I first come back before the state obtained after the mvn release:prepare command ? In the following link, I didn’t understand if I have to do something manually or not (remove tag from the SCM) : http://maven.apache.org/maven-release/maven-release-plugin/examples/rollback-release.html

The settings.xml file :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0  http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">

<localRepository>D:\...\...\maven\repository</localRepository>

<profiles>  
<profile>  
  <repositories>  
    <repository>  
      <snapshots>  
        <enabled>false</enabled>  
      </snapshots>  
      <id>central</id>  
      <name>libs-release</name>  
      <url>http://x/artifactory/libs-release</url>  
    </repository>  
    <repository>  
      <snapshots />  
      <id>snapshots</id>  
      <name>libs-snapshot</name>  
      <url>http://x/artifactory/libs-snapshot</url>  
    </repository>  
  </repositories>  
  <pluginRepositories>  
    <pluginRepository>  
      <snapshots>  
        <enabled>false</enabled>  
      </snapshots>  
      <id>central</id>  
      <name>plugins-release</name>  
      <url>http://x/artifactory/plugins-release</url>  
    </pluginRepository>  
    <pluginRepository>  
      <snapshots />  
      <id>snapshots</id>  
      <name>plugins-snapshot</name>  
      <url>http://x/artifactory/plugins-snapshot</url>  
    </pluginRepository>  
  </pluginRepositories>  
  <id>artifactory</id>  
</profile>  
  </profiles>  
  <activeProfiles>  
   <activeProfile>artifactory</activeProfile>  
  </activeProfiles>  

</settings>

The pom :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

    <parent>
        <groupId>....</groupId>
        <artifactId>my-parent</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.6</version>
        <relativePath />
    </parent>

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>....</groupId>
    <artifactId>myproject</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <version>1.9.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>myproject</name>
    <url>${wiki.url}</url>
    <scm>    <developerConnection>scm:svn:http://x/svn/main/y/Development/Components/trunk/myproject</developerConnection>
        <url>http://x/svn/main/y/Development/Components/trunk/myproject</url>
    </scm>
    <ciManagement>
        <system>${ciManagement.system}</system>
        <url>${ciManagement.url}/${project.artifactId}</url>        
    </ciManagement>

    <properties>       
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <! -  - my dependencies -  - >
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <inherited>false</inherited>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.4.1</version>
                <configuration>   <tagBase>http://x/svn/main/y/Development/Components/tags</tagBase>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    </project>

The parent pom :  

<!-- language: lang-xml -->

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>....</groupId>
    <artifactId>my-parent</artifactId>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <version>1.0.6</version>
    <name>my-parent</name>
    <url>${wiki.url}</url>
    <scm>
        <developerConnection>scm:svn:http://x/svn/main/y/Development/Components/tags/my-parent-1.0.6</developerConnection>
        <url>http://x/svn/main/y/Development/Components/tags/my-parent-1.0.6</url>
    </scm>
    <ciManagement>
        <system>${ciManagement.system}</system>
        <url>${ciManagement.url}/${project.artifactId}</url>        
    </ciManagement>
    <build> 
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.6</source>
                    <target>1.6</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <inherited>true</inherited>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.2.1</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>attach-sources</id>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>jar</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>

            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.3</version>
            </plugin>

        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

Daniel Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-19T10:29:16

Two things. You should declare a <distributionManagement> section in your POM:

<project>
  ...
  <distributionManagement>
    <repository>
     <id>my-artifactory</id>
     <name>Artifactory Release Repo</name>
     <url>http://x/artifactory/libs-release</url>
    </repository>
    <snapshotRepository>
     <id>my-artifactory</id>
     <name>Artifactory Release Repo</name>
     <url>http://x/artifactory/libs-snapshot</url>
    </snapshotRepository>
  </distributionManagement>
</project>

The <id> tags must match an entry in your settings.xml for the credentials to match:

<settings>
  ...
  <servers>
   <server>
    <id>my-artifactory</id>
    <username>bob</username>
    <password>secret</password>
   </server>
  </servers>
</settings>

Now, that being said, since mvn release:prepare has already tagged the release in your VCS, you don't need to cut a new release, but I would advise you to add the <distributionManagement> section to the POM. One way to deploy the artifacts is to simply get the tag from the VCS and do an mvn deploy, like so:

svn co <the url to your tag>
mvn -DaltDeploymentRepository=my-artifactory::default::http://x/artifactory/libs-release deploy

Where to specify the repository element for Artifactory release?

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