Where to specify the repository element for Artifactory release? - maven

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>

Answer 1

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