Why can't I deploy from my local repository to a remote Maven repository?

Question

I'm using Maven 3.0.4 and want to deploy something in my local repository to a remote repository, to which I've verified I have access. I'm using the below command …

mvn -X deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.directwebremoting -DartifactId=dwr  -Dversion=3.0.0-rc2 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/Users/davea/.m2/repository//org/directwebremoting/dwr/3.0.0-rc2/dwr-3.0.0-rc2.jar  -Durl=dav:https://repository-myco.forge.cloudbees.com/private  -DrepositoryId=cloudbees-private

but am getting this unhelpful error message. Any ideas what else I should check? Following the error is my ~.m2/settings.xml file.

Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 02:44:56-0600) 
Maven home: /opt/apache-maven-3.0.4 
Java version: 1.6.0_37, vendor: Apple Inc.  
Java home: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home 
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman  
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.7.5", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"   
[INFO] Error stacktraces are turned on. 
[DEBUG] Reading global settings from /opt/apache-maven-3.0.4/conf/settings.xml  
[DEBUG] Reading user settings from /Users/davea/.m2/settings.xml    
[DEBUG] Using local repository at /Users/davea/.m2/repository   
[DEBUG] Using manager EnhancedLocalRepositoryManager with priority 10 for /Users/davea/.m2/repository   
[INFO] Scanning for projects... 
[DEBUG] Extension realms for project org.mainco.subco:myproject:war:1.0-SNAPSHOT: (none)    
[DEBUG] Looking up lifecyle mappings for packaging war from ClassRealm[plexus.core, parent: null]   
[DEBUG] Resolving plugin prefix deploy from [org.apache.maven.plugins, org.codehaus.mojo]   
[DEBUG] Resolved plugin prefix deploy to org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin from POM org.mainco.subco:myproject:war:1.0-SNAPSHOT  
[DEBUG] === REACTOR BUILD PLAN ================================================ 
[DEBUG] Project: org.mainco.subco:myproject:war:1.0-SNAPSHOT    
[DEBUG] Tasks:   [deploy:deploy-file]   
[DEBUG] Style:   Aggregating    
[DEBUG] ======================================================================= 
[INFO]                                                                          
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
[INFO] Building myproject-war 1.0-SNAPSHOT  
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
[DEBUG] Resolving plugin prefix deploy from [org.apache.maven.plugins, org.codehaus.mojo]   
[DEBUG] Resolved plugin prefix deploy to org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin from POM org.mainco.subco:myproject:war:1.0-SNAPSHOT  
[DEBUG] Lifecycle default -> [validate, initialize, generate-sources, process-sources, generate-resources, process-resources, compile, process-classes, generate-test-sources, process-test-sources, generate-test-resources, process-test-resources, test-compile, process-test-classes, test, prepare-package, package, pre-integration-test, integration-test, post-integration-test, verify, install, deploy]   
[DEBUG] Lifecycle clean -> [pre-clean, clean, post-clean]   
[DEBUG] Lifecycle site -> [pre-site, site, post-site, site-deploy]  
[DEBUG] === PROJECT BUILD PLAN ================================================ 
[DEBUG] Project:       org.mainco.subco:myproject:1.0-SNAPSHOT  
[DEBUG] Dependencies (collect): []  
[DEBUG] Dependencies (resolve): []  
[DEBUG] Repositories (dependencies): [cloudbees-private (https://repository-myco.forge.cloudbees.com/private/, releases+snapshots), maven2-repository.dev.java.net (http://download.java.net/maven/2/, releases), central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2, releases)]  
[DEBUG] Repositories (plugins)     : [repository.jboss.org_thirdparty-releases (https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/thirdparty-releases, releases), repository.jboss.org_thirdparty-uploads (https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/thirdparty-uploads, releases), central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2, releases)]    
[DEBUG] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
[DEBUG] Goal:          org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-file (default-cli)   
[DEBUG] Style:         Regular  
[DEBUG] Configuration: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>   
<configuration> 
  <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>    
  <classifier>${classifier}</classifier>    
  <classifiers>${classifiers}</classifiers> 
  <description>${generatePom.description}</description> 
  <file>${file}</file>  
  <files>${files}</files>   
  <generatePom default-value="true">${generatePom}</generatePom>    
  <groupId>${groupId}</groupId> 
  <javadoc>${javadoc}</javadoc> 
  <localRepository default-value="${localRepository}"/> 
  <offline default-value="${settings.offline}"/>    
  <packaging>${packaging}</packaging>   
  <pomFile>${pomFile}</pomFile> 
  <project default-value="${project}"/> 
  <repositoryId default-value="remote-repository">${repositoryId}</repositoryId>    
  <repositoryLayout default-value="default">${repositoryLayout}</repositoryLayout>  
  <retryFailedDeploymentCount default-value="1">${retryFailedDeploymentCount}</retryFailedDeploymentCount>  
  <sources>${sources}</sources> 
  <types>${types}</types>   
  <uniqueVersion default-value="true">${uniqueVersion}</uniqueVersion>  
  <updateReleaseInfo default-value="false">${updateReleaseInfo}</updateReleaseInfo> 
  <url>${url}</url> 
  <version>${version}</version> 
</configuration>    
[DEBUG] ======================================================================= 
[INFO]  
[INFO] --- maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-file (default-cli) @ myproject ---    
[DEBUG] Created new class realm maven.api   
[DEBUG] Importing foreign packages into class realm maven.api   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.wagon.events < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.transfer < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.exception < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.metadata < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.collection < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.version < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.monitor < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.wagon.repository < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.repository < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.wagon.resource < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.logging < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.profiles < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.repository < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.classrealm < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.execution < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.artifact < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.spi < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.reporting < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.usability < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.container < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.component < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlSerializer < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.wagon.authentication < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.lifecycle < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.graph < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.* < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.settings < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.classworlds < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.impl < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.wagon.* < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.toolchain < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.deployment < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.wagon.observers < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParser < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.configuration < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.cli < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.installation < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.context < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.wagon.authorization < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.project < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.rtinfo < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.lifecycle < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.configuration < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.artifact < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.model < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.* < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.wagon.proxy < plexus.core  
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.sonatype.aether.resolution < plexus.core    
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.apache.maven.plugin < plexus.core   
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.* < plexus.core 
[DEBUG]   Imported: org.codehaus.plexus.personality < plexus.core   
[DEBUG] Populating class realm maven.api    
[DEBUG] org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:jar:2.7:   
[DEBUG]    org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api:jar:2.0.6:compile  
[DEBUG]    org.apache.maven:maven-project:jar:2.0.6:compile 
[DEBUG]       org.apache.maven:maven-settings:jar:2.0.6:compile 
[DEBUG]       org.apache.maven:maven-profile:jar:2.0.6:compile  
[DEBUG]       org.apache.maven:maven-artifact-manager:jar:2.0.6:compile 
[DEBUG]          org.apache.maven:maven-repository-metadata:jar:2.0.6:compile   
[DEBUG]       org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-registry:jar:2.0.6:compile  
[DEBUG]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-container-default:jar:1.0-alpha-9-stable-1:compile 
[DEBUG]          junit:junit:jar:3.8.1:compile  
[DEBUG]          classworlds:classworlds:jar:1.1-alpha-2:compile    
[DEBUG]    org.apache.maven:maven-model:jar:2.0.6:compile   
[DEBUG]    org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:jar:2.0.6:compile    
[DEBUG]    org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:jar:1.5.6:compile   
[DEBUG] Created new class realm plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7 
[DEBUG] Importing foreign packages into class realm plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7 
[DEBUG]   Imported:  < maven.api    
[DEBUG] Populating class realm plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7  
[DEBUG]   Included: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:jar:2.7    
[DEBUG]   Included: junit:junit:jar:3.8.1   
[DEBUG]   Included: org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:jar:1.5.6  
[DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api:jar:2.0.6 
[DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-project:jar:2.0.6    
[DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-settings:jar:2.0.6   
[DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-profile:jar:2.0.6    
[DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-artifact-manager:jar:2.0.6   
[DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-repository-metadata:jar:2.0.6    
[DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-registry:jar:2.0.6    
[DEBUG]   Excluded: org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-container-default:jar:1.0-alpha-9-stable-1   
[DEBUG]   Excluded: classworlds:classworlds:jar:1.1-alpha-2 
[DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-model:jar:2.0.6  
[DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:jar:2.0.6   
[DEBUG] Configuring mojo org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-file from plugin realm ClassRealm[plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7, parent: sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@69cd2e5f]  
[DEBUG] Configuring mojo 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-file' with basic configurator --> 
[DEBUG]   (f) artifactId = dwr  
[DEBUG]   (f) file = /Users/davea/.m2/repository/org/directwebremoting/dwr/3.0.0-rc2/dwr-3.0.0-rc2.jar  
[DEBUG]   (f) generatePom = true    
[DEBUG]   (f) groupId = org.directwebremoting   
[DEBUG]   (s) localRepository =        id: local    
      url: file:///Users/davea/.m2/repository/  
   layout: none 

[DEBUG]   (f) offline = false   
[DEBUG]   (f) packaging = jar   
[DEBUG]   (f) project = MavenProject: org.mainco.subco:myproject:1.0-SNAPSHOT @ /Users/davea/Dropbox/workspace/myproject/pom.xml    
[DEBUG]   (f) repositoryId = cloudbees-private  
[DEBUG]   (f) repositoryLayout = default    
[DEBUG]   (f) retryFailedDeploymentCount = 1    
[DEBUG]   (f) uniqueVersion = true  
[DEBUG]   (f) updateReleaseInfo = false 
[DEBUG]   (f) url = dav:https://repository-myco.forge.cloudbees.com/private 
[DEBUG]   (f) version = 3.0.0-rc2   
[DEBUG] -- end configuration -- 
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE    
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
[INFO] Total time: 0.662s   
[INFO] Finished at: Tue Jan 08 14:02:33 CST 2013    
[INFO] Final Memory: 4M/81M 
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-file (default-cli) on project myproject: Cannot deploy artifact from the local repository: /Users/davea/.m2/repository/org/directwebremoting/dwr/3.0.0-rc2/dwr-3.0.0-rc2.jar -> [Help 1] 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-file (default-cli) on project myproject: Cannot deploy artifact from the local repository: /Users/davea/.m2/repository/org/directwebremoting/dwr/3.0.0-rc2/dwr-3.0.0-rc2.jar 
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:213)  
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)  
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)  
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)  
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)  
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)  
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)  
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:320)   
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156) 
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537) 
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196)  
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141)    
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)    
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)    
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) 
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)  
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)  
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409)    
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352)    
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException: Cannot deploy artifact from the local repository: /Users/davea/.m2/repository/org/directwebremoting/dwr/3.0.0-rc2/dwr-3.0.0-rc2.jar    
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.deploy.DeployFileMojo.execute(DeployFileMojo.java:283)   
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:101)    
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209)  
    ... 19 more 
[ERROR]     
[ERROR]     
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:   
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException

My ~.m2/settings.xml file

<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">
 <profiles>
   <profile>
     <id>default</id>
     <repositories>
       <repository>
         <id>cloudbees-private</id>
         <name>Cloudbees private repo</name>
         <url>https://repository-myco.forge.cloudbees.com/private/</url>
       </repository>
     </repositories>
   </profile>
 </profiles>
 <activeProfiles>
   <activeProfile>default</activeProfile>
 </activeProfiles>

<servers>
    <server>
      <username>username</username>
      <password>password</password>
      <id>cloudbees-private</id>
    </server>
  </servers>

</settings> 

Answer 1

I don't know why, but deploy-file gives that error when you supply artifact path installed in the local repository. (More precisely when the file parameter is the exact location that artifact would have in the local repository).

http://grepcode.com/file/repo1.maven.org/maven2/org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-gpg-plugin/1.5/org/apache/maven/plugin/gpg/SignAndDeployFileMojo.java/#326

Moving the artifact file (normaly the jar) somewhere else and passing this path as the file parameter, solves the problem.

Answer 2

Starting from version 2.5 the deploy plugin checks if the file to upload resides in the local repository and refuses the upload if that’s the case. You could specify version 2.4 of the plugin as a work-around:

mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.4:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.directwebremoting -DartifactId=dwr -Dversion=3.0.0-rc2 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/Users/davea/.m2/repository//org/directwebremoting/dwr/3.0.0-rc2/dwr-3.0.0-rc2.jar -Durl=dav:https://repository-myco.forge.cloudbees.com/private -DrepositoryId=cloudbees-private