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Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Hi all,
I'm working on wrapping my head around setting up an internal "blessed"
repository and being assured that Maven will fail when a dependency is not
found there.
(1) Clear my local repo.
(2) Run Maven through our lifecycle (clean, compile, package, test, etc.).
(3) Take the contents of my now-populated local repo and copy them up to a
shared location.
Now I'm not sure what to do next. I've tried overriding both the central
repo and plugin repo with my local repo in our POMs, however this
consistently seems to ignore plugins that are found in my internal repo
(i.e. claim they aren't there when they are). It also attempts to check for
updates to plugins that aren't -SNAPSHOT versions and I'm not sure quite
why.
Given the trouble I'm having, I'm pretty sure I'm way off the reservation
here with what and how I'm doing this. Looking inside the repo, there are
central XML files that Maven is probably surprised to find inside the local
repo?
I'm not terribly interested in adding another piece of software to our build
environment, hence my avoidance of a Repository Manager. We have a very
small number of dependencies outside of our project. Maven's own
dependencies dwarf ours :)
Any tips are much appreciated, thanks!
Rob
Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Brian Fox <br...@infinity.nu>.
> I'd like to think of a repo manager as "part of using maven 2".
I like a better analogy. You can share source code with a shared
folder on a server, but no one does that anymore. They use a tool
called Source Control. A repo manager is scm for your binaries. ;-)
We have a nexus list if you want to ask specific questions about using
nexus and maven together:
http://nexus.sonatype.org/project-information.html
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Stephen Connolly <st...@gmail.com>.
great minds think alike... fools seldom differ
2009/10/19 Todd Thiessen <th...@nortel.com>
> hehe. Some kind of universal mind meld? ;-)
>
> ---
> Todd Thiessen
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Quintin Beukes [mailto:quintin@skywalk.co.za]
> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:12 AM
> > To: Maven Users List
> > Subject: Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
> >
> > Heh, about an hour ago I noticed that block proxy option and
> > thought of this exact thread. I come here to answer it and
> > you did so at about the same time I noticed the option :>
> >
> > Quintin Beukes
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Todd Thiessen
> > <th...@nortel.com> wrote:
> > > I don't think you need to get pro to do what you want. Simple right
> > > click on the repo and select "Block proxy". Nexus won't try and
> > > download new artifacts but it will still service the existing ones.
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Todd Thiessen
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Larry Shatzer, Jr. [mailto:larrys@gmail.com]
> > >> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:49 PM
> > >> To: Maven Users List
> > >> Subject: Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Rob S. <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
> > >> > Hi Larry,
> > >> > Are you referring to the ability to disable the proxying
> > behaviour
> > >> > while allowing the group to still serve what it has at that
> > >> moment time?
> > >> >
> > >> > Rob
> > >>
> > >> See
> > http://sonatype.com/products/nexus/features/artifact_procurement
> > >> for some videos and explanations.
> > >>
> > >> -- Larry
> > >>
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RE: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Todd Thiessen <th...@nortel.com>.
hehe. Some kind of universal mind meld? ;-)
---
Todd Thiessen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Quintin Beukes [mailto:quintin@skywalk.co.za]
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:12 AM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
>
> Heh, about an hour ago I noticed that block proxy option and
> thought of this exact thread. I come here to answer it and
> you did so at about the same time I noticed the option :>
>
> Quintin Beukes
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Todd Thiessen
> <th...@nortel.com> wrote:
> > I don't think you need to get pro to do what you want. Simple right
> > click on the repo and select "Block proxy". Nexus won't try and
> > download new artifacts but it will still service the existing ones.
> >
> > ---
> > Todd Thiessen
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Larry Shatzer, Jr. [mailto:larrys@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:49 PM
> >> To: Maven Users List
> >> Subject: Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Rob S. <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi Larry,
> >> > Are you referring to the ability to disable the proxying
> behaviour
> >> > while allowing the group to still serve what it has at that
> >> moment time?
> >> >
> >> > Rob
> >>
> >> See
> http://sonatype.com/products/nexus/features/artifact_procurement
> >> for some videos and explanations.
> >>
> >> -- Larry
> >>
> >>
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>.
Heh, about an hour ago I noticed that block proxy option and thought
of this exact thread. I come here to answer it and you did so at about
the same time I noticed the option :>
Quintin Beukes
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Todd Thiessen <th...@nortel.com> wrote:
> I don't think you need to get pro to do what you want. Simple right
> click on the repo and select "Block proxy". Nexus won't try and download
> new artifacts but it will still service the existing ones.
>
> ---
> Todd Thiessen
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry Shatzer, Jr. [mailto:larrys@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:49 PM
>> To: Maven Users List
>> Subject: Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Rob S. <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Larry,
>> > Are you referring to the ability to disable the proxying behaviour
>> > while allowing the group to still serve what it has at that
>> moment time?
>> >
>> > Rob
>>
>> See http://sonatype.com/products/nexus/features/artifact_procurement
>> for some videos and explanations.
>>
>> -- Larry
>>
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RE: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Todd Thiessen <th...@nortel.com>.
I don't think you need to get pro to do what you want. Simple right
click on the repo and select "Block proxy". Nexus won't try and download
new artifacts but it will still service the existing ones.
---
Todd Thiessen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Shatzer, Jr. [mailto:larrys@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:49 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Rob S. <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
> > Hi Larry,
> > Are you referring to the ability to disable the proxying behaviour
> > while allowing the group to still serve what it has at that
> moment time?
> >
> > Rob
>
> See http://sonatype.com/products/nexus/features/artifact_procurement
> for some videos and explanations.
>
> -- Larry
>
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by "Larry Shatzer, Jr." <la...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Rob S. <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
> Hi Larry,
> Are you referring to the ability to disable the proxying behaviour while
> allowing the group to still serve what it has at that moment time?
>
> Rob
See http://sonatype.com/products/nexus/features/artifact_procurement
for some videos and explanations.
-- Larry
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by "Rob S." <ro...@tintri.com>.
Hi Larry,
Are you referring to the ability to disable the proxying behaviour while
allowing the group to still serve what it has at that moment time?
Rob
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Larry Shatzer, Jr. <la...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Rob Slifka <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > Nexus went in and is working without a hitch! I'm proxying everything
> > through the single /public group and it's working well.
> >
> > The only question I have now is how to lock down the proxying behaviour,
> > with respect to the workflow I mentioned previously.
> >
> > Everyone points to /public although it's proxying for live, remote repos.
> > I'd like Maven to error when something isn't found in the public repo,
> > rather than proxy through Nexus and download a new dependency we haven't
> > "blessed".
> >
> > Do I just remove all repositories from the search list of the public
> group?
>
> The professional version of Nexus has that feature, it is called
> procurement.
>
> -- Larry
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by "Larry Shatzer, Jr." <la...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Rob Slifka <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> Nexus went in and is working without a hitch! I'm proxying everything
> through the single /public group and it's working well.
>
> The only question I have now is how to lock down the proxying behaviour,
> with respect to the workflow I mentioned previously.
>
> Everyone points to /public although it's proxying for live, remote repos.
> I'd like Maven to error when something isn't found in the public repo,
> rather than proxy through Nexus and download a new dependency we haven't
> "blessed".
>
> Do I just remove all repositories from the search list of the public group?
The professional version of Nexus has that feature, it is called procurement.
-- Larry
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RE: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by "Lacoste, Dana (TSG Software San Diego)" <da...@hp.com>.
I'm using artifactory to do this and do it with two sets of "virtual" repositories.
One is used to download anything, the other is used for only "blessed" builds.
I haven't used Nexus, but I'm sure there's something similar: basically it would mean
that you have one set of settings.xml configuration for your "blessed" build machine,
and another set for those who need internet access.
Dana Lacoste
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Slifka [mailto:rob@tintri.com]
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 4:15 PM
To: Maven Users List
Subject: Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Hi everyone,
Nexus went in and is working without a hitch! I'm proxying everything
through the single /public group and it's working well.
The only question I have now is how to lock down the proxying behaviour,
with respect to the workflow I mentioned previously.
Everyone points to /public although it's proxying for live, remote repos.
I'd like Maven to error when something isn't found in the public repo,
rather than proxy through Nexus and download a new dependency we haven't
"blessed".
Do I just remove all repositories from the search list of the public group?
Rob
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Rob Slifka <ro...@tintri.com>.
Hi everyone,
Nexus went in and is working without a hitch! I'm proxying everything
through the single /public group and it's working well.
The only question I have now is how to lock down the proxying behaviour,
with respect to the workflow I mentioned previously.
Everyone points to /public although it's proxying for live, remote repos.
I'd like Maven to error when something isn't found in the public repo,
rather than proxy through Nexus and download a new dependency we haven't
"blessed".
Do I just remove all repositories from the search list of the public group?
Rob
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>wrote:
> Here is the nexus book. It explains where to get it, how to install it
> and how to use it. Took me about 10 minutes from where I finished
> downloading it for the first time, till where it was setup and
> configured with scheduled tasks and hosted for the whole network,
> integrated into the system init, the works.
>
> The book: http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/
>
> And re. your question of having Maven use ONLY nexus, no matter the
> repository, here it is:
>
> http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/maven-sect-single-group.html
> This way the manager will have it's repositories setup, and maven will
> query the manager with the group/artifact id and version, and the
> manager will look in it's own indexes for the artifact, no matter from
> which repository it actually came or how it got into your manager's
> repository.
>
> Quintin Beukes
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>
> wrote:
> > In the nexus book they use that as an example.
> >
> > You basically do it when you configure the <mirrors> element in your
> > settings.xml. By matching the mirror against everything, then maven
> > will query your Nexus no matter what the repository's URL is.
> >
> > Quintin Beukes
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Rob Slifka <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
> >> Alright, alright! :)
> >> I'll have a look at Nexus and go from there.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to tell Maven "Only look at the Nexus repo, fail
> otherwise" ?
> >>
> >> Perhaps it will become clear after using Nexus.
> >>
> >> Rob
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Quintin Beukes <quintin@skywalk.co.za
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> > I'd like to think of a repo manager as "part of using maven 2".
> >>>
> >>> This is a very good way of seeing it. If you don't see it as yet
> >>> another complexity added into the build process, but accepting it as
> >>> part of Maven in the first place, then you remove this "extra
> >>> complexity". I completely understand your goal of wanting to keep
> >>> things simple, and do this myself all the time as well, but some
> >>> things are of such great benefits that the complexity is completely
> >>> outweighed. Maven is one of them, and the repo manager is a part of
> >>> "Maven" (the idea, not just the software).
> >>>
> >>> Q
> >>>
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Robert Slifka <ro...@tintri.com>.
Thanks so much Quintin, I don't expect to have any more questions!
Have a good weekend everyone, and thanks for the help.
Rob
--------------------------------------------------
From: "Quintin Beukes" <qu...@skywalk.co.za>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 1:03 PM
To: "Maven Users List" <us...@maven.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
> Here is the nexus book. It explains where to get it, how to install it
> and how to use it. Took me about 10 minutes from where I finished
> downloading it for the first time, till where it was setup and
> configured with scheduled tasks and hosted for the whole network,
> integrated into the system init, the works.
>
> The book: http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/
>
> And re. your question of having Maven use ONLY nexus, no matter the
> repository, here it is:
> http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/maven-sect-single-group.html
> This way the manager will have it's repositories setup, and maven will
> query the manager with the group/artifact id and version, and the
> manager will look in it's own indexes for the artifact, no matter from
> which repository it actually came or how it got into your manager's
> repository.
>
> Quintin Beukes
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>
> wrote:
>> In the nexus book they use that as an example.
>>
>> You basically do it when you configure the <mirrors> element in your
>> settings.xml. By matching the mirror against everything, then maven
>> will query your Nexus no matter what the repository's URL is.
>>
>> Quintin Beukes
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Rob Slifka <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
>>> Alright, alright! :)
>>> I'll have a look at Nexus and go from there.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to tell Maven "Only look at the Nexus repo, fail
>>> otherwise" ?
>>>
>>> Perhaps it will become clear after using Nexus.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Quintin Beukes
>>> <qu...@skywalk.co.za>wrote:
>>>
>>>> > I'd like to think of a repo manager as "part of using maven 2".
>>>>
>>>> This is a very good way of seeing it. If you don't see it as yet
>>>> another complexity added into the build process, but accepting it as
>>>> part of Maven in the first place, then you remove this "extra
>>>> complexity". I completely understand your goal of wanting to keep
>>>> things simple, and do this myself all the time as well, but some
>>>> things are of such great benefits that the complexity is completely
>>>> outweighed. Maven is one of them, and the repo manager is a part of
>>>> "Maven" (the idea, not just the software).
>>>>
>>>> Q
>>>>
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>>>
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>.
Here is the nexus book. It explains where to get it, how to install it
and how to use it. Took me about 10 minutes from where I finished
downloading it for the first time, till where it was setup and
configured with scheduled tasks and hosted for the whole network,
integrated into the system init, the works.
The book: http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/
And re. your question of having Maven use ONLY nexus, no matter the
repository, here it is:
http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/maven-sect-single-group.html
This way the manager will have it's repositories setup, and maven will
query the manager with the group/artifact id and version, and the
manager will look in it's own indexes for the artifact, no matter from
which repository it actually came or how it got into your manager's
repository.
Quintin Beukes
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za> wrote:
> In the nexus book they use that as an example.
>
> You basically do it when you configure the <mirrors> element in your
> settings.xml. By matching the mirror against everything, then maven
> will query your Nexus no matter what the repository's URL is.
>
> Quintin Beukes
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Rob Slifka <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
>> Alright, alright! :)
>> I'll have a look at Nexus and go from there.
>>
>> Is there a way to tell Maven "Only look at the Nexus repo, fail otherwise" ?
>>
>> Perhaps it will become clear after using Nexus.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>wrote:
>>
>>> > I'd like to think of a repo manager as "part of using maven 2".
>>>
>>> This is a very good way of seeing it. If you don't see it as yet
>>> another complexity added into the build process, but accepting it as
>>> part of Maven in the first place, then you remove this "extra
>>> complexity". I completely understand your goal of wanting to keep
>>> things simple, and do this myself all the time as well, but some
>>> things are of such great benefits that the complexity is completely
>>> outweighed. Maven is one of them, and the repo manager is a part of
>>> "Maven" (the idea, not just the software).
>>>
>>> Q
>>>
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>.
In the nexus book they use that as an example.
You basically do it when you configure the <mirrors> element in your
settings.xml. By matching the mirror against everything, then maven
will query your Nexus no matter what the repository's URL is.
Quintin Beukes
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Rob Slifka <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
> Alright, alright! :)
> I'll have a look at Nexus and go from there.
>
> Is there a way to tell Maven "Only look at the Nexus repo, fail otherwise" ?
>
> Perhaps it will become clear after using Nexus.
>
> Rob
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>wrote:
>
>> > I'd like to think of a repo manager as "part of using maven 2".
>>
>> This is a very good way of seeing it. If you don't see it as yet
>> another complexity added into the build process, but accepting it as
>> part of Maven in the first place, then you remove this "extra
>> complexity". I completely understand your goal of wanting to keep
>> things simple, and do this myself all the time as well, but some
>> things are of such great benefits that the complexity is completely
>> outweighed. Maven is one of them, and the repo manager is a part of
>> "Maven" (the idea, not just the software).
>>
>> Q
>>
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Rob Slifka <ro...@tintri.com>.
Alright, alright! :)
I'll have a look at Nexus and go from there.
Is there a way to tell Maven "Only look at the Nexus repo, fail otherwise" ?
Perhaps it will become clear after using Nexus.
Rob
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>wrote:
> > I'd like to think of a repo manager as "part of using maven 2".
>
> This is a very good way of seeing it. If you don't see it as yet
> another complexity added into the build process, but accepting it as
> part of Maven in the first place, then you remove this "extra
> complexity". I completely understand your goal of wanting to keep
> things simple, and do this myself all the time as well, but some
> things are of such great benefits that the complexity is completely
> outweighed. Maven is one of them, and the repo manager is a part of
> "Maven" (the idea, not just the software).
>
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>.
> I'd like to think of a repo manager as "part of using maven 2".
This is a very good way of seeing it. If you don't see it as yet
another complexity added into the build process, but accepting it as
part of Maven in the first place, then you remove this "extra
complexity". I completely understand your goal of wanting to keep
things simple, and do this myself all the time as well, but some
things are of such great benefits that the complexity is completely
outweighed. Maven is one of them, and the repo manager is a part of
"Maven" (the idea, not just the software).
Q
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RE: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by EJ Ciramella <ec...@upromise.com>.
So you don't drown in all this kool-aid being sloshed at you - think of it another way.
I'd like to think of a repo manager as "part of using maven 2".
Build infrastructures are no longer "sprinkle make all over the place and glue it all together with perl".
They've evolved greatly since those days....
Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Quintin Beukes <qu...@skywalk.co.za>.
I'm with the repo manager. I also went the local repo route, and it
was alot of hassle, until someone recommended Nexus. I downloaded and
was setup in 10 minutes (just start it and use the gui to configure
it). I should have done this from the start.
Further, overriding your repos in the POM just so they're local
creates an upgrade problem. When you want to upgrade you have to first
reconfigure all your dependencies, update, and revert to the "local"
config. With the repository manager you can configure the repositories
on the manager, configure your POM to talk to the manager (which can
be a server or localhost), and configure the manager to update only
when you want it to.
It's really very easy. Have a look at Nexus and there is a free online
book (linked from the Nexus site). It's brilliantly easy and
brilliantly brilliant.
Quintin Beukes
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:36 PM, EJ Ciramella <ec...@upromise.com> wrote:
> I second this opinion (repository manager is the way to go).
>
> We started by sharing a local repo and after about oh, say, a week, I
> was all set with that.
>
> Then we tried the deploy mechanism to just a file share on another
> server. Gave up on that in another week.
>
> Then I put archiva in place and haven't looked back (although, Nexus
> seems to have better features now).
>
> It's really _no_ big deal to run one of these things. Also, depending
> on the size of your team, where do you want them pulling 3rd party
> artifacts from, repo1? Why not a LOCAL server? It's MUCH faster.
> There are likely a trillion other things you can do with a repo manager
> - just look up the offerings and poke around.
>
> * when I say gave up on or all set - we limped along with a bad process
> for a LONG time due to the size and magnitude of our team(s).
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lacoste, Dana (TSG Software San Diego)
> [mailto:dana.lacoste@hp.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:27 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: RE: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
>
> My thoughts (we were doing something similar)
>
> 1 - Don't copy the local repo. Use the maven "deploy" step to deploy to
> a local location (file: URL), and share _that_.
> 2 - Once you've done this for a while, you'll use a repository manager
> :)
>
> Dana Lacoste
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Slifka [mailto:rob@tintri.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:16 AM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
>
> Hi all,
> I'm working on wrapping my head around setting up an internal "blessed"
> repository and being assured that Maven will fail when a dependency is
> not
> found there.
>
> (1) Clear my local repo.
> (2) Run Maven through our lifecycle (clean, compile, package, test,
> etc.).
> (3) Take the contents of my now-populated local repo and copy them up to
> a
> shared location.
>
> Now I'm not sure what to do next. I've tried overriding both the
> central
> repo and plugin repo with my local repo in our POMs, however this
> consistently seems to ignore plugins that are found in my internal repo
> (i.e. claim they aren't there when they are). It also attempts to check
> for
> updates to plugins that aren't -SNAPSHOT versions and I'm not sure quite
> why.
>
> Given the trouble I'm having, I'm pretty sure I'm way off the
> reservation
> here with what and how I'm doing this. Looking inside the repo, there
> are
> central XML files that Maven is probably surprised to find inside the
> local
> repo?
>
> I'm not terribly interested in adding another piece of software to our
> build
> environment, hence my avoidance of a Repository Manager. We have a very
> small number of dependencies outside of our project. Maven's own
> dependencies dwarf ours :)
>
> Any tips are much appreciated, thanks!
>
> Rob
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RE: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by EJ Ciramella <ec...@upromise.com>.
I second this opinion (repository manager is the way to go).
We started by sharing a local repo and after about oh, say, a week, I
was all set with that.
Then we tried the deploy mechanism to just a file share on another
server. Gave up on that in another week.
Then I put archiva in place and haven't looked back (although, Nexus
seems to have better features now).
It's really _no_ big deal to run one of these things. Also, depending
on the size of your team, where do you want them pulling 3rd party
artifacts from, repo1? Why not a LOCAL server? It's MUCH faster.
There are likely a trillion other things you can do with a repo manager
- just look up the offerings and poke around.
* when I say gave up on or all set - we limped along with a bad process
for a LONG time due to the size and magnitude of our team(s).
-----Original Message-----
From: Lacoste, Dana (TSG Software San Diego)
[mailto:dana.lacoste@hp.com]
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:27 PM
To: Maven Users List
Subject: RE: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
My thoughts (we were doing something similar)
1 - Don't copy the local repo. Use the maven "deploy" step to deploy to
a local location (file: URL), and share _that_.
2 - Once you've done this for a while, you'll use a repository manager
:)
Dana Lacoste
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Slifka [mailto:rob@tintri.com]
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:16 AM
To: Maven Users List
Subject: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Hi all,
I'm working on wrapping my head around setting up an internal "blessed"
repository and being assured that Maven will fail when a dependency is
not
found there.
(1) Clear my local repo.
(2) Run Maven through our lifecycle (clean, compile, package, test,
etc.).
(3) Take the contents of my now-populated local repo and copy them up to
a
shared location.
Now I'm not sure what to do next. I've tried overriding both the
central
repo and plugin repo with my local repo in our POMs, however this
consistently seems to ignore plugins that are found in my internal repo
(i.e. claim they aren't there when they are). It also attempts to check
for
updates to plugins that aren't -SNAPSHOT versions and I'm not sure quite
why.
Given the trouble I'm having, I'm pretty sure I'm way off the
reservation
here with what and how I'm doing this. Looking inside the repo, there
are
central XML files that Maven is probably surprised to find inside the
local
repo?
I'm not terribly interested in adding another piece of software to our
build
environment, hence my avoidance of a Repository Manager. We have a very
small number of dependencies outside of our project. Maven's own
dependencies dwarf ours :)
Any tips are much appreciated, thanks!
Rob
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RE: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by "Lacoste, Dana (TSG Software San Diego)" <da...@hp.com>.
My thoughts (we were doing something similar)
1 - Don't copy the local repo. Use the maven "deploy" step to deploy to a local location (file: URL), and share _that_.
2 - Once you've done this for a while, you'll use a repository manager :)
Dana Lacoste
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Slifka [mailto:rob@tintri.com]
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:16 AM
To: Maven Users List
Subject: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Hi all,
I'm working on wrapping my head around setting up an internal "blessed"
repository and being assured that Maven will fail when a dependency is not
found there.
(1) Clear my local repo.
(2) Run Maven through our lifecycle (clean, compile, package, test, etc.).
(3) Take the contents of my now-populated local repo and copy them up to a
shared location.
Now I'm not sure what to do next. I've tried overriding both the central
repo and plugin repo with my local repo in our POMs, however this
consistently seems to ignore plugins that are found in my internal repo
(i.e. claim they aren't there when they are). It also attempts to check for
updates to plugins that aren't -SNAPSHOT versions and I'm not sure quite
why.
Given the trouble I'm having, I'm pretty sure I'm way off the reservation
here with what and how I'm doing this. Looking inside the repo, there are
central XML files that Maven is probably surprised to find inside the local
repo?
I'm not terribly interested in adding another piece of software to our build
environment, hence my avoidance of a Repository Manager. We have a very
small number of dependencies outside of our project. Maven's own
dependencies dwarf ours :)
Any tips are much appreciated, thanks!
Rob
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RE: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Todd Thiessen <th...@nortel.com>.
Thats the thing. Using a repo manager is the simplest way to host a
local repo. It would take you far longer and much more maintenance on
your part to try and set it up yourself.
---
Todd Thiessen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Slifka [mailto:rob@tintri.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:30 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
>
> Hi Todd,
>
> It's just more software to install and maintain which I'd
> like to avoid.
> Our 3 projects have a grand total of 2 dependencies at the
> moment. I love what Maven gives us in terms of a simplified
> build/project mgmt approach although I'm not interesting in
> adding more complexity to the build environment just so that
> Maven itself can run (i.e. the repo contents are less than 1%
> of our actual dependencies).
>
> Rob
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Todd Thiessen
> <th...@nortel.com> wrote:
>
> > Whats wrong with using a repo manager? It simplifies the
> problem you
> > are trying to solve.
> >
> > ---
> > Todd Thiessen
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rob Slifka [mailto:rob@tintri.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:16 PM
> > > To: Maven Users List
> > > Subject: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > > I'm working on wrapping my head around setting up an internal
> > > "blessed"
> > > repository and being assured that Maven will fail when a
> dependency
> > > is not found there.
> > >
> > > (1) Clear my local repo.
> > > (2) Run Maven through our lifecycle (clean, compile,
> package, test,
> > > etc.).
> > > (3) Take the contents of my now-populated local repo and
> copy them
> > > up to a shared location.
> > >
> > > Now I'm not sure what to do next. I've tried overriding both the
> > > central repo and plugin repo with my local repo in our
> POMs, however
> > > this consistently seems to ignore plugins that are found in my
> > > internal repo (i.e. claim they aren't there when they
> are). It also
> > > attempts to check for updates to plugins that aren't -SNAPSHOT
> > > versions and I'm not sure quite why.
> > >
> > > Given the trouble I'm having, I'm pretty sure I'm way off the
> > > reservation here with what and how I'm doing this.
> Looking inside
> > > the repo, there are central XML files that Maven is probably
> > > surprised to find inside the local repo?
> > >
> > > I'm not terribly interested in adding another piece of
> software to
> > > our build environment, hence my avoidance of a Repository
> Manager.
> > > We have a very small number of dependencies outside of
> our project.
> > > Maven's own dependencies dwarf ours :)
> > >
> > > Any tips are much appreciated, thanks!
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> >
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Rob Slifka <ro...@tintri.com>.
Hi Todd,
It's just more software to install and maintain which I'd like to avoid.
Our 3 projects have a grand total of 2 dependencies at the moment. I love
what Maven gives us in terms of a simplified build/project mgmt approach
although I'm not interesting in adding more complexity to the build
environment just so that Maven itself can run (i.e. the repo contents are
less than 1% of our actual dependencies).
Rob
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Todd Thiessen <th...@nortel.com> wrote:
> Whats wrong with using a repo manager? It simplifies the problem you are
> trying to solve.
>
> ---
> Todd Thiessen
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rob Slifka [mailto:rob@tintri.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:16 PM
> > To: Maven Users List
> > Subject: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I'm working on wrapping my head around setting up an internal
> > "blessed"
> > repository and being assured that Maven will fail when a
> > dependency is not found there.
> >
> > (1) Clear my local repo.
> > (2) Run Maven through our lifecycle (clean, compile, package,
> > test, etc.).
> > (3) Take the contents of my now-populated local repo and copy
> > them up to a shared location.
> >
> > Now I'm not sure what to do next. I've tried overriding both
> > the central repo and plugin repo with my local repo in our
> > POMs, however this consistently seems to ignore plugins that
> > are found in my internal repo (i.e. claim they aren't there
> > when they are). It also attempts to check for updates to
> > plugins that aren't -SNAPSHOT versions and I'm not sure quite why.
> >
> > Given the trouble I'm having, I'm pretty sure I'm way off the
> > reservation here with what and how I'm doing this. Looking
> > inside the repo, there are central XML files that Maven is
> > probably surprised to find inside the local repo?
> >
> > I'm not terribly interested in adding another piece of
> > software to our build environment, hence my avoidance of a
> > Repository Manager. We have a very small number of
> > dependencies outside of our project. Maven's own
> > dependencies dwarf ours :)
> >
> > Any tips are much appreciated, thanks!
> >
> > Rob
> >
>
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RE: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Todd Thiessen <th...@nortel.com>.
Whats wrong with using a repo manager? It simplifies the problem you are
trying to solve.
---
Todd Thiessen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Slifka [mailto:rob@tintri.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:16 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
>
> Hi all,
> I'm working on wrapping my head around setting up an internal
> "blessed"
> repository and being assured that Maven will fail when a
> dependency is not found there.
>
> (1) Clear my local repo.
> (2) Run Maven through our lifecycle (clean, compile, package,
> test, etc.).
> (3) Take the contents of my now-populated local repo and copy
> them up to a shared location.
>
> Now I'm not sure what to do next. I've tried overriding both
> the central repo and plugin repo with my local repo in our
> POMs, however this consistently seems to ignore plugins that
> are found in my internal repo (i.e. claim they aren't there
> when they are). It also attempts to check for updates to
> plugins that aren't -SNAPSHOT versions and I'm not sure quite why.
>
> Given the trouble I'm having, I'm pretty sure I'm way off the
> reservation here with what and how I'm doing this. Looking
> inside the repo, there are central XML files that Maven is
> probably surprised to find inside the local repo?
>
> I'm not terribly interested in adding another piece of
> software to our build environment, hence my avoidance of a
> Repository Manager. We have a very small number of
> dependencies outside of our project. Maven's own
> dependencies dwarf ours :)
>
> Any tips are much appreciated, thanks!
>
> Rob
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Re: Hosting a local repo w/out a Repo Manager?
Posted by Wendy Smoak <ws...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Rob Slifka <ro...@tintri.com> wrote:
> I'm working on wrapping my head around setting up an internal "blessed"
> repository and being assured that Maven will fail when a dependency is not
> found there.
>
> (1) Clear my local repo.
> (2) Run Maven through our lifecycle (clean, compile, package, test, etc.).
> (3) Take the contents of my now-populated local repo and copy them up to a
> shared location.
The local repository format is not the same as the remote repo format.
The metadata is different, which is probably why you're having
trouble with plugins.
You've already heard why a repo manager is a good thing. :) But to
start out, you just use a directory exposed through an existing web
server or a network share that's visible to everyone. In
settings.xml, (or pom.xml) redefine the repository with
<id>central</id> to some other url.
You can use 'mvn deploy:deploy-file ...' to deploy artifacts to your
remote repo with the correct format and metadata.
--
Wendy
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