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Posted to users@archiva.apache.org by teacup <m_...@yahoo.com> on 2008/12/16 14:21:52 UTC
Managed repositories and Maven local repository
Hello, all:
I have been using Arhiva happily for over a year. I have Archiva and
Contiuum both running on the same server. But while I configured an
internal repo (under Tomcat installation -
/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/data/respositories/internal) and a snapshots
directory (also under Tomcat installation -
/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/data/repositories/snapshots), Continuum has its
own default local repository (/home/specialuser/.m2/repository.
Note that the user 'specialuser' owns Tomcat, Archiva, and Continuum
installations. Anyway, so my problem is that Archiva downloads and
maintains same artifacts under its own repos (under Tomcat - see above) that
Continuum maintains under its default local repository (see above) - and
this means unnecessary duplication to me. I mean all those huge artifact
jars are present in two places on my server.
Contiuum does not allow me (as an admin user) to change the default repo,
but Archiva does allow me to specify managed repos. Can I update Archiva's
existing managed repos (both internal and snapshots) to point to
/home/specialuser/.m2/repository? Because Maven does not allow any
directory names under /home/user/.m2/repository, I cannot create 'internal'
and 'snapshots' directories there and so I will have to specify the same
Maven directory for 'internal' and 'snapshots' on Archiva's Admin GUI for
managed repos. Will that work?
Now another issue: even if I get the above setup working (and I guess it
would work just fine), now both Archiva and Continuum would be managing the
same repo (purging it, etc). Will that be a problem?
In other words how do I eliminate the whole duplication issue? Or is it
normal to have duplicate copies of artifacts on the same server, one each
for Archiva and Continuum? Thanks.
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Re: Managed repositories and Maven local repository
Posted by Brett Porter <br...@apache.org>.
I believe Archiva will handle a local repository directly since it
uses the same format for tracking remote metadata file downloads,
which is the main difference. If you have artifacts in the local
repository that were generated with 'mvn install' you may get into
trouble - removing versions that are -SNAPSHOT (not timestamped) and
their associated metadata files (which will contain
<useLocalCopy>true</>) will cover these.
- Brett
On 27/05/2009, at 4:56 AM, Wendy Smoak wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:17 AM, James Barrow
> <ja...@dariel.co.za> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply Wendy, I did try that, but it unfortunately
>> doesn't
>> work. Due to bandwidth constraints, I really wouldn't want to re-
>> download
>> everything from the central repo, also, because there's so many
>> artifacts,
>> manually uploading everything to Archiva would take so long.
>>
>> Hopefully they add this functionality.
>
> I'm pretty sure someone has written a script to convert a local repo
> into a remote one-- check the Maven users list archives.
>
> --
> Wendy
Re: Managed repositories and Maven local repository
Posted by Wendy Smoak <ws...@gmail.com>.
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:17 AM, James Barrow
<ja...@dariel.co.za> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Wendy, I did try that, but it unfortunately doesn't
> work. Due to bandwidth constraints, I really wouldn't want to re-download
> everything from the central repo, also, because there's so many artifacts,
> manually uploading everything to Archiva would take so long.
>
> Hopefully they add this functionality.
I'm pretty sure someone has written a script to convert a local repo
into a remote one-- check the Maven users list archives.
--
Wendy
Re: Managed repositories and Maven local repository
Posted by James Barrow <ja...@dariel.co.za>.
Quoting Wendy Smoak <ws...@gmail.com>:
>
> In general you can't interchange local and remote repos because the
> metadata is different. However Archiva is supposed to repair broken
> metadata, so you can try making a copy of your local repo and pointing
> Archiva at it as a managed repo.
Thanks for the reply Wendy, I did try that, but it unfortunately
doesn't work. Due to bandwidth constraints, I really wouldn't want to
re-download everything from the central repo, also, because there's so
many artifacts, manually uploading everything to Archiva would take so
long.
Hopefully they add this functionality.
Cheers,
James
Re: Managed repositories and Maven local repository
Posted by Wendy Smoak <ws...@gmail.com>.
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 8:08 AM, jamiebarrow <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure if Continuum manages its own repository, or just uses the
> default Maven local repository (~/.m2/repository). I think this may be the
> case.
>
> Did you manage to find a way of using the default Maven local maven
> repository with Archiva?
Archiva is meant to manage *remote* repositories, not local ones.
> That is, I have an already existing Maven repository on my drive. I now
> install Archiva, and want to import/use that existing Maven repository. Is
> it possible?
In general you can't interchange local and remote repos because the
metadata is different. However Archiva is supposed to repair broken
metadata, so you can try making a copy of your local repo and pointing
Archiva at it as a managed repo.
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Wendy
Re: Managed repositories and Maven local repository
Posted by teacup <th...@yahoo.com>.
No, I did not find any way of using the default Maven local repository
through Archiva. I am still bothered about having two copies of same huge
jars in different directories on my server. If I find any solution to this
issue on Maven forum, I will post it here.
jamiebarrow wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure if Continuum manages its own repository, or just uses the
> default Maven local repository (~/.m2/repository). I think this may be the
> case.
>
> Did you manage to find a way of using the default Maven local maven
> repository with Archiva?
>
> That is, I have an already existing Maven repository on my drive. I now
> install Archiva, and want to import/use that existing Maven repository. Is
> it possible?
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
>
>
> teacup wrote:
>>
>> Contiuum does not allow me (as an admin user) to change the default repo,
>> but Archiva does allow me to specify managed repos. Can I update
>> Archiva's existing managed repos (both internal and snapshots) to point
>> to /home/specialuser/.m2/repository?
>>
>
>
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Re: Managed repositories and Maven local repository
Posted by jamiebarrow <ja...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
I'm not sure if Continuum manages its own repository, or just uses the
default Maven local repository (~/.m2/repository). I think this may be the
case.
Did you manage to find a way of using the default Maven local maven
repository with Archiva?
That is, I have an already existing Maven repository on my drive. I now
install Archiva, and want to import/use that existing Maven repository. Is
it possible?
Cheers,
James
teacup wrote:
>
> Contiuum does not allow me (as an admin user) to change the default repo,
> but Archiva does allow me to specify managed repos. Can I update
> Archiva's existing managed repos (both internal and snapshots) to point to
> /home/specialuser/.m2/repository?
>
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Re: Managed repositories and Maven local repository
Posted by teacup <m_...@yahoo.com>.
Thanks Brett. I finally decided not to mix up Archiva setup with
Continuum's. As you suggested, I will keep purging the stuff in both
manually. I cannot wait to see a better support for this in Maven.
brettporter wrote:
>
>
>
> On 17/12/2008, at 12:21 AM, teacup wrote:
>
>> Note that the user 'specialuser' owns Tomcat, Archiva, and Continuum
>> installations. Anyway, so my problem is that Archiva downloads and
>> maintains same artifacts under its own repos (under Tomcat - see
>> above) that
>> Continuum maintains under its default local repository (see above) -
>> and
>> this means unnecessary duplication to me. I mean all those huge
>> artifact
>> jars are present in two places on my server.
>
> This would be likely to cause conflicts for the Maven process as it
> executes, and the format of the local and remote repositories are
> different.
>
> While it's not ideal, you are best to utilise the purge features of
> both Continuum and Archiva to keep the local and snapshot repos trim
> so that duplication is at a minimum.
>
> Hopefully future versions of Maven will better support this within the
> local repository (I have a proposal prepared for this already).
>
> Cheers,
> Brett
>
> --
> Brett Porter
> brett@apache.org
> http://blogs.exist.com/bporter/
>
>
>
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Re: Managed repositories and Maven local repository
Posted by Brett Porter <br...@apache.org>.
On 17/12/2008, at 12:21 AM, teacup wrote:
> Note that the user 'specialuser' owns Tomcat, Archiva, and Continuum
> installations. Anyway, so my problem is that Archiva downloads and
> maintains same artifacts under its own repos (under Tomcat - see
> above) that
> Continuum maintains under its default local repository (see above) -
> and
> this means unnecessary duplication to me. I mean all those huge
> artifact
> jars are present in two places on my server.
This would be likely to cause conflicts for the Maven process as it
executes, and the format of the local and remote repositories are
different.
While it's not ideal, you are best to utilise the purge features of
both Continuum and Archiva to keep the local and snapshot repos trim
so that duplication is at a minimum.
Hopefully future versions of Maven will better support this within the
local repository (I have a proposal prepared for this already).
Cheers,
Brett
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brett@apache.org
http://blogs.exist.com/bporter/