Maven - Settings.xml - (User|Local) Configuration

Settings.xml is a configuration file that should not be bundled to any specific project

It contains:

• configuration information such as the local repository location
• authentication information such as username and password.

Use the global settings from the Maven installation dir M2_HOME/conf

There are two locations where a settings.xml file may live:

• The Maven install conf: $M2_HOME/conf/settings.xml (configuration for all Maven users on a machine (assuming they're all using the same Maven installation).
• The user’s install conf: ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml (configuration for a single user)

This location can be overridden with the CLI option:

• User level: -s /path/to/user/settings.xml
• Global Level. -gs /path/to/global/settings.xml

The contents of the settings.xml may use the following expressions:

• ${user.home} and all other properties system properties (since Maven 3.0)
• ${env.myEnvVariable} etc. for the environment variables

See Settings.xml Reference for a full description.

• https://maven.apache.org/settings.html