With some minor build fixes I'm able to build, deploydb and debug using Maven now. Pl. start using master branch as Hugo suggested so we can weed out issues with maven.
Updated: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Building+with+Maven#BuildingwithMaven-BuildingCloudStack Quick steps: 1. Export maven settings to have a debugger on port 8787, on your IDE select debugger type to listen on socket port 8787 (as before): $ export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8787,server=y,suspend=y" 2. Clean source tree and build: $ mvn clean && mvn install 3. Deploy database: $ mvn -P developer -pl developer -Ddeploydb 4. Debug mgmt server server: $ mvn -pl :cloud-client-ui jetty:run For 4, if MAVEN_OPTS was exported only then 4. will run jetty with a debugger on 8787. For me it took a lot of time, but when I connect on my IDE and disconnect it booted up faster. Regards.