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<section id="source-build">
<title>Building &PRODUCT; from Source</title>
<note>
<para>Prior to the 4.0.0 incubating release, Ant was used to build &PRODUCT;. A migration to Maven started in the 4.0.0 cycle, and has completed in 4.1.0.</para>
<para>The website and the wiki contain up to date information on the build procedure at:</para>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/How+to+build+on+master+branch">https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/How+to+build+on+master+branch</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Setting+up+CloudStack+Development+Environment">https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Setting+up+CloudStack+Development+Environment</ulink></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</note>
<para>The overarching steps to build &PRODUCT; are:.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Install the prerequisites and setup your environment</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Understand that various Maven profiles and build targets</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Deploy and test your build </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If needed, learn how to build binaries</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<note>
<para>Learning Maven is outside the scope of this documentation.</para>
<para>Go to the Maven website at <ulink url="http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html">http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html</ulink></para>
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