7.3. Configuring Maven to Use File System Repositories

Download the following ZIP archives containing the required repositories:

Add entries for the unzipped repositories to Maven’s settings.xml file. The following code sample contains a profile with the repositories, configuration of authentication for access to the repositories, and an activation entry for the profile:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<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/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
  <localRepository/>
  <profiles>
  <!-- Profile with local repositories required by
       Red Hat JBoss BRMS/Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite -->
    <profile>
      <id>brms-bpms-local-profile</id>
      <repositories>
        <repository>
          <id>jboss-brms-bpmsuite-repository</id>
          <name>BRMS/BPMS 6.3.0 GA Repository</name>
          <url>
            file://<!-- path to the repository -->
                  /jboss-brms-bpmsuite-6.3.0.GA-maven-repository/maven-repository
          </url>
          <layout>default</layout>
          <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
            <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
          </releases>
          <snapshots>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
            <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
          </snapshots>
        </repository>
      </repositories>
      <pluginRepositories>
        <pluginRepository>
          <id>jboss-brms-bpmsuite-repository</id>
          <name>BRMS/BPMS 6.3.0 GA Repository</name>
          <url>
            file://<!-- path to the repository -->
                  /jboss-brms-bpmsuite-6.3.0.GA-maven-repository/maven-repository
          </url>
          <layout>default</layout>
          <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
            <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
          </releases>
          <snapshots>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
            <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
          </snapshots>
        </pluginRepository>
      </pluginRepositories>
    </profile>
  </profiles>

  <servers>
    <!-- Configuring pre-emptive authentication for the repository server -->
    <server>
      <id>brms-bpms-m2-repo</id>
      <username>admin</username>
      <password>admin</password>
      <configuration>
        <wagonProvider>httpclient</wagonProvider>
        <httpConfiguration>
          <all>
            <usePreemptive>true</usePreemptive>
          </all>
        </httpConfiguration>
      </configuration>
    </server>

    <!-- Alternative to enabling pre-emptive authentication - configuring
         the Authorization HTTP header with Base64-encoded credentials
    <server>
      <id>brms-bpms-m2-repo</id>
      <configuration>
        <httpHeaders>
          <property>
            <name>Authorization</name>
            <value>Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=</value>
          </property>
        </httpHeaders>
      </configuration>
    </server>
    -->
  </servers>

  <activeProfiles>
    <!-- Activation of the Red Hat JBoss BRMS/Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite profile -->
    <activeProfile>brms-bpms-local-profile</activeProfile>
  </activeProfiles>
</settings>