Install Maven artifacts using Azure DevOps Services and TFS

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Azure DevOps Services | TFS 2018

Install Maven artifacts from your feed by using the Maven client.

The most common way to install a Maven artifact is as a dependency of another artifact.

  1. Create a Maven artifact by using the following command:

    mvn -B archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId="org.apache.maven.archetypes" -DgroupId="MyGroup" -DartifactId="mySecondApp"

  2. In Azure Artifacts, browse to the artifact that you want to install and copy the contents of the <dependency> element.

  3. Paste the <dependency> element content inside the <dependencies> element of your pom.xml file.

  4. Run mvn install from the directory that contains your pom.xml file.

See the Maven CLI docs for more installation options.

  1. Create a Maven artifact by using the following command:

    mvn -B archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId="org.apache.maven.archetypes" -DgroupId="MyGroup" -DartifactId="mySecondApp"

  2. From the Connect to feed dialog box in TFS, copy the <repository> information. Paste it into your pom.xml file twice (see the preceding sample file):

    • Between the <repositories> tags
    • Between the <distributionManagement> tags

  3. From the Packages page, browse to the artifact that you want to install and copy the contents of the <dependency> element.

  4. Paste the <dependency> element content inside the <dependencies> element of your pom.xml file.

  5. Run mvn install from the directory that contains your pom.xml file.

See the Maven CLI docs for more installation options.

Sample pom.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>MyGroup</groupId>
   <artifactId>myFirstApp</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>myFirstApp</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <dependencies>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
         <version>3.8.1</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <repositories>
    <!-- Copy this section from the Maven section of the "Connect to Feed" dialog" -->
      <repository>
         <id>dev.azure.com-mseng-zcalvinmaven</id>
         <url>https://dev.azure.com/mseng/_packaging/zCalvinMaven2/maven/v1</url>
         <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
         </releases>
         <snapshots>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
         </snapshots>
      </repository>
   </repositories>
   <distributionManagement>
    <!-- Copy this section from the Maven section of the "Connect to Feed" dialog" -->
      <repository>
         <id>dev.azure.com-mseng-zcalvinmaven</id>
         <url>https://dev.azure.com/mseng/_packaging/zCalvinMaven2/maven/v1</url>
         <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
         </releases>
         <snapshots>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
         </snapshots>
      </repository>
   </distributionManagement>
</project>

Important

The <id> tags in the settings.xml and the pom.xml must match.