Deploy both war and jar files into Nexus using Maven in Jenkins

Introduction

This tutorial will show you how to deploy both war and jar file from a web application using maven in Jenkins.

Sometimes you may need to upload both war and jar files for a web application using maven, because, the standalone project may need to include the jar file of the web application and another web project may need to include the war file of the web application. Hence you will require to upload both war and jar files into Nexus.

You will need maven war plugin to create a war file for the web application.

Prerequisites

Maven

Creating WAR

The below maven plugin is required to create a war file for the web application.

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <configuration>
                <attachClasses>true</attachClasses>
                <webXml>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml</webXml>
            </configuration>
            <goals>
                <goal>inplace</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Creating JAR

You need maven jar plugin to create a jar file for the web application.

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>make-a-jar</id>
            <phase>compile</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>jar</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Keeping JAR in Build Directory

You need to keep the generated jar file into the build directory. So you need to use the below maven plugin.

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>Add-2-local-repository</id>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <configuration>
                <packaging>jar</packaging>
                <file>${project.build.directory}\${artifactId}-${version}.jar</file>
            </configuration>
            <goals>
                <goal>install-file</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Upload JAR into Nexus

Now you need another plugin to upload jar artifact as well into the repository.

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
    <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>1.7</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>attach-artifacts</id>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <artifacts>
                    <artifact>
                        <file>${project.build.directory}/${artifactId}-${version}.jar</file>
                        <type>jar</type>
                    </artifact>
                </artifacts>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Entire Content

Putting all together, the entire pom.xml file is given below:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.roytuts</groupId>
    <artifactId>webapp</artifactId>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>webapp Maven Webapp</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
        <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
        <servlet.version>3.1.0</servlet.version>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
            <version>${servlet.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>${junit.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <finalName>webapp</finalName>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <source>${jdk.version}</source>
                    <target>${jdk.version}</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <configuration>
                            <attachClasses>true</attachClasses>
                            <webXml>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml</webXml>
                        </configuration>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>inplace</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>make-a-jar</id>
                        <phase>compile</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>jar</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>Add-2-local-repository</id>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <configuration>
                            <packaging>jar</packaging>                            <file>${project.build.directory}\${artifactId}-${version}.jar</file>
                        </configuration>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>install-file</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.7</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>attach-artifacts</id>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <artifacts>
                                <artifact>
                                    <file>${project.build.directory}/${artifactId}-${version}.jar</file>
                                    <type>jar</type>
                                </artifact>
                            </artifacts>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

That’s all about uploading both jar and war files into the Nexus.