What's the fastest way to get a private Maven Repository up and running?

Question

I'm working with a few developers and we would like to share some jars as we're working through the early iteration of a projects code. We would like to just pop up a quick private maven repository server to use for a short bit. In ruby it's a simple as typing:

gem server

Apparently, there's no?

mvn server

Even a simple maven dependency to github would be workable for a short bit. Apparently, there is no main-stream reliable maven plug-in for that either?

gem 'nokogiri', :git => 'https://github.com/tenderlove/nokogiri.git', :branch => '1.4'

The simplest answer I found is here: Hosting a Maven repository on github .

Of course one of the answers in the above StackOverflow reference is in the vein " Oh don't do that! It's very bad! ". Well no duh! I got the impression that generally people didn't want to do it, but there wasn't a quicker and simpler choice for a minimal small solution.

Is there?

Michael Corleone: Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in to code Java again.

Answer 1

Consider using one of the following:

• Nexus
• Artifactory
• Archiva
• Reposilite

They are easy to install (I run Nexus on my development machine to keep an off-line copy of my dependencies). Nexus is built by the guys who invented Maven and has a book available:

• http://books.sonatype.com/nexus-book/reference/

You can use Nexus (and Artifactory pro version) to host both your java jars and your ruby gems .

In conclusion, comparing the above products to "gem server" is inadequate. They're more like geminabox with more features.

Answer 2

If your repositories are already on GitHub then the fastest way to share their Maven artifacts is with JitPack .

There's not much setup on your part, you just add this to pom.xml:

1. Add repository:

<repository>
    <id>jitpack.io</id>
    <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
</repository>

2. Add dependency

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.User</groupId>
    <artifactId>Repository</artifactId>
    <version>Tag</version>
</dependency>

The way it works is - JitPack checks out code from GitHub and builds it. All the Maven artifacts from the build get published.

Answer 3

Have a look at Reposilite . Download the jar and run

java -Dreposilite.port=8080 -jar reposilite-<VERSION>.jar

and check http://localhost:8080

For more information look at Reposilite documentation and this article .