site/src/site/apt/ide/remote_repo.apt

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 Remote Repository Configuration
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 26 Feb 2009
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Remote Repository Configuration

  A remote Maven repository can be configured using the Visual Studio IDE or it can be configured manually by adding information to the settings file.
  
* Automatically Configure a Remote Maven Repository via the IDE

  To access a remote Maven repository you can configure it from within Visual Studio. Visual Studio must be open,
  the NPanday Build System must be running, and you must have a project loaded. Then:
  
  [[1]] Right-click on a project and select Add Maven Artifact... from the menu.
  
  [[2]] In the Add Maven Artifact pop-up window, click the Configure Repository tab.
  
  [[3]] Select the URL of the repository in the pop-up window.\
  .

[../images/remote_repo.jpg] Sample configuration for Remote Repository

  [[4]] If the remote repository allows snapshots or released artifacts to be stored there, then check the appropriate box.
  
  [[5]] Click Update. This will save the configuration to <<<C:\\Documents and Settings\\[user_home]\\.m2\\settings.xml>>>.
  To edit multiple repositories, repeat steps 3 to 5 by selecting another repository to be configured form the drop down list.
  
  [[6]] Click Close when done configuring the repository.
  
  NOTE: The repository is stored in a profile NPanday.id this profile is then added into the activeProfiles list as soon as
  an NPanday remote repository is added. 
 
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* Manually Configure a Remote Maven Repository

  To manually add a remote repository, add the following lines in your <<<C:\\Documents and Settings\\[user_home]\\.m2\\settings.xml>>> file 
  within the <<< \<profiles\> >>> <<< \</profiles\> >>> tag.  Modify the values for the <<< \<repository\> >>> and <<< \<id\> >>>elements
  with the repository url you want to access.

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<profile>
      <activation>
        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
      </activation>
      <repositories>
        <repository>
          <releases>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
          </releases>
          <snapshots>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
          </snapshots>
          <id>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</id>
          <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</url>
        </repository>
      </repositories>
      <id>NPanday.id</id>
</profile>
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  If the remote repository allows the snapshots or release artifacts to be stored then add the following lines:

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<profile>
      <activation>
        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
      </activation>
      <repositories>
        <repository>
          <releases/>
          <snapshots/>
          <id>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</id>
          <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</url>
        </repository>
      </repositories>
      <id>NPanday.id</id>
</profile>
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