Is it possible to deploy to a Nexus Repository using Maven 1?

Question

Some of our projects still use Maven 1. Is it possible to deploy artifacts to a Nexus Maven 1 Repository using "maven:deploy" goal? I could not find the properties to set username and password.

We found a work around by sharing the storage folder of the Nexus server and deploying directly into that folder using file protocol, but this is not really a preferred solution.

Answer 1

If you're using Maven 2 (not Maven 3) you can also deploy artifacts in Maven 1 format by adding "legacy to your distributionManagment

<distributionManagement>
    <repository>
      <id>nexus</id>
      <name>Release Repository</name>
      <url>http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/repositories/maven1</url>
      <layout>legacy</layout>
    </repository>
    ...
  </distributionManagement>

This won't work with Maven 3, the legacy layout support was removed in that version of Maven.

Answer 2

Nexus supports hosted repositories using the Maven 1 format so you can use the usual deployment setup. Unfortunately I do NOT remember how to do the deployment with credentials in Maven 1, but I assume the archived documentation would detail that.

If you can not get this to work easily and the project is not VERY complex I would actually suggest to drop Maven 1 and upgrade to Maven 3. This would solve your problem and bring numerous improvements to your development team. Maven 1 has been unsupported and deprecated for years and which puts you into this troublesome situation.