Use GitHub as Maven Artifactory in 2 Simple Steps

Managing maven artifactory is vital in most java/scala projects as there are many common dependent jars/components built across organization. To manage articatory there are few managed tools available in the market like jfrog, bintray etc. But these tools come with a cost.

But what if I tell you that we have a very easy solution to manage artifactory that-to with github, let’s get in depth.
To get clear understanding let’s call Common-project as “vanilla” and the consuming-project as “chocolate”

Step 1

1. Create repo on GitHub: https://github.com/vanilla/
2. vanilla project pom plugin should be like,

❮groupId❯vanilla❮/groupId❯
  ❮artifactId❯vanilla❮/artifactId❯
  ❮version❯0.1❮/version❯
  ❮build❯
    ❮plugins❯
      ❮plugin❯
        ❮groupId❯org.apache.maven.plugins❮/groupId❯
        ❮artifactId❯maven-dependency-plugin❮/artifactId❯
        ❮version❯3.1.2❮/version❯
        ❮executions❯
          ❮execution❯
            ❮id❯copy-installed❮/id❯
            ❮phase❯install❮/phase❯
            ❮goals❯
              ❮goal❯copy❮/goal❯
            ❮/goals❯
            ❮configuration❯
              ❮artifactItems❯
                ❮artifactItem❯
                  ❮groupId❯${groupId}❮/groupId❯
                  ❮artifactId❯${artifactId}❮/artifactId❯
                  ❮version❯${version}❮/version❯
                  ❮type❯jar❮/type❯
                  ❮outputDirectory❯${project.build.directory}/../${groupId}/${artifactId}/${version}/❮/outputDirectory❯
              ❮/artifactItem❯
            ❮/artifactItems❯
          ❮/configuration❯
        ❮/execution❯
      ❮/executions❯
    ❮/plugin❯
  ❮/plugins❯
❮/build❯

3. Once you build the project , the jar file will be in the location under ${project_directory}/vanilla/vanilla/0.1/vanilla-0.1.jar
4. Push the jar to github repo , make sure the jar is present as below, https://github.com/vanilla/blob/master/vanilla/vanilla/0.1/vanilla-0.1.jar

Step 2

1. Add Repository in chocolate pom.xml.

❮repositories❯
  ❮repository❯
    ❮id❯vanilla-common❮/id❯
    ❮name❯vanilla Common❮/name❯
    ❮url❯https://github.com/vanilla/blob/master/vanilla/❮/url❯
  ❮/repository❯
❮/repositories❯

2. Add dependency to your chocolate pom.xml file:

❮dependency❯
  ❮groupId❯vanilla❮/groupId❯
  ❮artifactId❯vanilla❮/artifactId❯
  ❮version❯0.1❮/version❯
❮/dependency❯

All Set !!!!!!

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