Create local maven repository

Question

I want to create local maven repository. I did the following steps:

1. Installed maven plugin in eclipse
2. Created one folder localrepository in apache server which is accessible using http://< my-domain>/localrepository

3. In my project pom.xml I have provided

   <repositories>     <repository>         <id>repository</id>         <url>http://<my-domain>/localMavenRepository</url>     </repository> </repositories> 

But it is not resolving the jars which are on http://< my-domain>/localMavenRepository

Is there any need to provide repository?

Answer 1

Set up a simple repository using a web server with its default configuration. The key is the directory structure. The documentation does not mention it explicitly, but it is the same structure as a local repository.

To set up an internal repository just requires that you have a place to put it, and then start copying required artifacts there using the same layout as in a remote repository such as repo.maven.apache.org. Source

Add a file to your repository like this:

mvn install:install-file \   -Dfile=YOUR_JAR.jar -DgroupId=YOUR_GROUP_ID    -DartifactId=YOUR_ARTIFACT_ID -Dversion=YOUR_VERSION \   -Dpackaging=jar \   -DlocalRepositoryPath=/var/www/html/mavenRepository 

If your domain is example.com and the root directory of the web server is located at /var/www/html/, then maven can find "YOUR_JAR.jar" if configured with <url>http://example.com/mavenRepository</url>.

Answer 2

Yes you can! For a simple repository that only publish/retrieve artifacts, you can use nginx.

1. Make sure nginx has http dav module enabled, it should, but nonetheless verify it.

2. Configure nginx http dav module:

   In Windows: d:\servers\nginx\nginx.conf

   location / {     # maven repository     dav_methods  PUT DELETE MKCOL COPY MOVE;     create_full_put_path  on;     dav_access  user:rw group:rw all:r; } 

   In Linux (Ubuntu): /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

   location / {         # First attempt to serve request as file, then         # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.         # try_files $uri $uri/ =404;  # IMPORTANT comment this         dav_methods  PUT DELETE MKCOL COPY MOVE;         create_full_put_path  on;         dav_access  user:rw group:rw all:r; } 

   Don't forget to give permissions to the directory where the repo will be located:

   sudo chmod +777 /var/www/html/repository

3. In your project's pom.xml add the respective configuration:

   Retrieve artifacts:

   <repositories>     <repository>         <id>repository</id>         <url>http://<your.ip.or.hostname>/repository</url>     </repository> </repositories> 

   Publish artifacts:

   <build>     <extensions>         <extension>             <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>             <artifactId>wagon-http</artifactId>             <version>3.2.0</version>         </extension>     </extensions> </build> <distributionManagement>     <repository>         <id>repository</id>         <url>http://<your.ip.or.hostname>/repository</url>     </repository> </distributionManagement> 

4. To publish artifacts use mvn deploy. To retrieve artifacts, maven will do it automatically.

And there you have it a simple maven repo.