VScode maven not executing plugins

Question

I am trying to get my library uploaded to the maven central repository using VScode. In order to meet the requierments for that, I have a bunch of plugins configured in my pom.xml file. Here are all the plugins:

       <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.1.0</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.0.2</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.8.0</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.22.1</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.0.2</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.5.2</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.8.2</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.7.1</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.0.0</version>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>1.6.7</version>
          <extensions>true</extensions>
          <configuration>
            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
            <nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
            <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
          </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <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-no-fork</goal>
              </goals>
            </execution>
          </executions>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.9.1</version>
          <executions>
            <execution>
              <id>attach-javadocs</id>
              <goals>
                <goal>jar</goal>
              </goals>
            </execution>
          </executions>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>1.5</version>
          <executions>
            <execution>
              <id>sign-artifacts</id>
              <phase>verify</phase>
              <goals>
                <goal>sign</goal>
              </goals>
            </execution>
          </executions>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>

However when I go through the entire maven lifecycle using the VScode maven plugin, no source or javadoc jars are created, and nothing is signed using gpg, what is the issue here?

Answer 1

I guess you put the whole section into <pluginManagement>, right?

Then it is just a configuration and will not be run.

Move it out of <pluginManagement> and it will run as expected.