Configure Maven settings for deployment - maven

Question

I want to deploy artifacts to Nexus from Jenkins to different repositories (like builds-all, builds-verified, releases). The thing is that I want to keep minimal configuration in the project POM file. My settings file now looks like:
<servers>
<server>
<id>orion-nexus</id>
<username>admin</username>
<password>password</password>
</server>
</servers>
<localRepository>~/.m2/repository</localRepository>
<profiles>
<!-- Deployment configuration for CI builds for mainline -->
<profile>
<id>build</id>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>builds-all</id>
<url>http://orion-nexus:8081/</url>
<snapshots>
<checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
</profile>
</profiles>
Project POM:
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<id>orion-nexus</id>
<layout>default</layout>
<url><!-- how to avoid explicit URL? --></url>
</repository>
</distributionManagement>
I wan to run deploy like mvn -B -P build clean install deploy. However, I don't understand how to avoid setting explicit URL in distribution management section. Can I set a variable in settings file and propagate it to my POM?
Is there any step-by-step guide for such workflow?

Answer 1

You can declare a property inside a profile on your settings.xml and use its name within <distributionManagement/> configuration.
settings.xml
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>distmgt</id>
<properties>
<distUrl>scp://...</distUrl>
<properties/>
</profile>
</profiles>
pom.xml
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<id>orion-nexus</id>
<layout>default</layout>
<url>${distUrl}</url>
</repository>
</distributionManagement>
And finally
mvn -P distmgt clean deploy
You can avoid the -P build params using activation.