settings-template.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd"
          xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

    <!-- Tell maven to place downloaded files relative to this settings file -->
    <!--localRepository>.mvn/repository</localRepository-->

    <!-- If you need to use a proxy, comment in this section -->
    <!--proxies>
        <proxy>
            <active>true</active>
            <protocol>proxy-protocol (http/https)</protocol>
            <host>proxy-host</host>
            <port>proxy-port</port>
        </proxy>
    </proxies-->

    <!-- Profile that adds the apache snapshot repo to maven -->
    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>apache-snapshots-enabled</id>
            <!--Enable snapshots for the built in central repo and plugin repo -->
            <repositories>
                <repository>
                    <id>apache-snapshots</id>
                    <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots/</url>
                    <releases>
                        <enabled>false</enabled>
                    </releases>
                    <snapshots>
                        <enabled>true</enabled>
                    </snapshots>
                </repository>
            </repositories>
            <pluginRepositories>
                <pluginRepository>
                    <id>apache-snapshots</id>
                    <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots/</url>
                    <releases>
                        <enabled>false</enabled>
                    </releases>
                    <snapshots>
                        <enabled>true</enabled>
                    </snapshots>
                </pluginRepository>
            </pluginRepositories>
        </profile>
    </profiles>

    <!-- Activate the apache-snapshots-enabled profile -->
    <activeProfiles>
        <activeProfile>apache-snapshots-enabled</activeProfile>
    </activeProfiles>
</settings>