[FIXED] Trying to download JAR from Artifactory. Maven searches local repository instead of public maven server

Issue

My goal is to make a Jenkins job that downloads lastest jar from Artifactory.
I'm trying to use Maven default command clean and install but job fails.
Maven should be downloading them from https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ but Jenkins tries to download them from my local Artifactory repository http://localhost:8081/artifactory/bpidev/.

Jenkins Fail Log :

Jenkins Artifactory Plugin version: 2.7.2
Artifactory integration is enabled
[S3_CbbCustom_Deploy_UAT] $ java -classpath /jenkins/jenkins/tools/hudson.tasks.Maven_MavenInstallation/Maven/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.6.0.jar -Dmaven.home=/jenkins/jenkins/tools/hudson.tasks.Maven_MavenInstallation/Maven -DbuildInfoConfig.propertiesFile=/tmp/buildInfo6009671373604071834.properties -Dm3plugin.lib=/jenkins/jenkins/cache/artifactory-plugin/2.7.2 -Dclassworlds.conf=/tmp/classworlds1010245859327507063conf -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=/jenkins/jenkins/workspace/S3_CbbCustom_Deploy_UAT/pom.xml org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher -f pom.xml install
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - Scanning for projects...
[main] INFO org.jfrog.build.extractor.maven.BuildInfoRecorderLifecycleParticipant - [buildinfo] Properties file found at '/tmp/buildInfo6009671373604071834.properties'
[main] INFO org.jfrog.build.extractor.maven.BuildInfoRecorder - Initializing Artifactory Build-Info Recording
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - 
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - ------------------------< cbp.cbb:cbb-custom-3 >------------------------
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - Building cbb-custom-3 [4.3.3,)
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
Downloading from central: http://localhost:8081/artifactory/bpidev/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/2.6/maven-resources-plugin-2.6.pom
[main] WARNING org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer - The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:jar:2.6 is missing, no dependency information available
Downloading from artifactory-release: http://localhost:8081/artifactory/bpidev/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/2.6/maven-resources-plugin-2.6.jar
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - BUILD FAILURE
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - Total time:  0.563 s
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - Finished at: 2022-05-02T15:02:03+08:00
[main] INFO org.apache.maven.cli.event.ExecutionEventLogger - ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[main] ERROR org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli - Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.6 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Could not find artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:jar:2.6 in artifactory-release (http://localhost:8081/artifactory/bpidev/) -> [Help 1]
[main] ERROR org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli - 
[main] ERROR org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli - To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[main] ERROR org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli - Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[main] ERROR org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli - 
[main] ERROR org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli - For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[main] ERROR org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli - [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginResolutionException
Build step 'Invoke Artifactory Maven 3' changed build result to FAILURE
Build step 'Invoke Artifactory Maven 3' marked build as failure
Finished: FAILURE

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Target jar

Jenkins configuration

pom.xml I used

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Question 1. My goal is to make a Jenkins job that downloads lastest jar from Artifactory.
Am I doing it right? or is there a much simpler way?

Question 2. Why is Maven searching local Artifactory for its plugins? Where is the connnect?

Question 3. Can I make Maven to download its plugins from https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/? or should I just upload clean and install to my Artifactory repository?

Solution

It seems that your configuration for 'Resolution release repository' contains a local Artifactory repository. Instead, you should point it to a virtual repository.

Virtual repositories will aggregate your local repository 'bpidev' and another remote repository which will point to https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/.

Maven depends on the settings.xml generated, so if it is configured to point to 'bpidev' only, he wont be able to reach the remote repository.

plugins resolution is also configured through the settings.xml as 'pluginRepository' which can also point to the same virtual repository in Artifactory which can aggregates the same remote repository so Maven will be able to download the plugins.

Answered By - shaibz
Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (JavaFixing Admin)