Document how to generate a project from archetype with authenticated repository -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: ARCHETYPE-206 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ARCHETYPE-206 Project: Maven Archetype Issue Type: Improvement Affects Versions: 2.0-alpha-4 Reporter: Javier Diaz When the archetypes are in a password protected repository you can't download the archetype unless repository authentication information is specified in the settings.xml file, as follows: <server> <id><archetype name>-repo</id> <username>myuser</username> <password>XXXXXX</password> <filePermissions>664</filePermissions> <directoryPermissions>775</directoryPermissions> <configuration></configuration> </server> And the command should be invoked with the archetypeRepository option as follows: mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=mygroup \ -DarchetypeArtifactId=<archetype-name> \ -DarchetypeVersion=XXXXX -DgroupId=com.abc \ -DartifactId=dummy \ -Dversion=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT \ -DarchetypeRepository=http://www.abc.com/maven2 \ -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira