Automatically upload Maven compiled jar to FTP location?

Question

I have a Java project that uses Maven and I work in IntelliJ.

My current work process to test the code on my testing server is:

1. Run install from the Maven window

2. Using WinSCP to upload the compiled jar to the testing server.

I'm wondering if it's possible to add a custom task, like install and upload to the Maven toolbar in IntelliJ that executes install and then executes some code to upload the compiled jar via FTP.

Answer 1

The steps are pretty simple.

In your POM, inside the tag you can add:

    <build>
        <extensions>
            <extension>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
                <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId>
                <version>3.2.0</version>
            </extension>
        </extensions>
    </build>
    <distributionManagement>
        <repository>
            <id>Whatever_ID</id>
            <url>ftp://your.ftp.url</url>
        </repository>
    </distributionManagement>

If you need a username and a password, you can add them in your /.m2/settings.xml:

<settings 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/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
  <servers>
   <server>
      <id>Whatever_ID</id>
      <username>YourUsername</username>
      <password>YourPassword</password>
    </server>
  </servers>
</settings>

Then you can deploy using : mvn deploy