Upload and Download artifacts from Nexus by cmd line

Download command
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mvn -C org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.4:get
-DremoteRepositories={URL of the repository}
-DgroupId={groupID} -DartifactId={artifactId} -Dversion={version} -Dpackaging=jar -DupdateReleaseInfo=true


Upload command
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mvn deploy:deploy-file -Dfile=file_FullPath
-DgroupId=*** -DartifactId=*** -Dversion=***
-Dpackaging=jar   -Durl={repo_url} -DrepositoryId={id from setting.xml}

It will download the respective maven plugins to the M2_REPO and then it will upload the artifacts specified. There should be maven installed in the machine where you are trying to upload/download.


Setting.xml
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 <localRepository>C:\M2_REPO</localRepository>

<servers>
  <server>
      <id>releases</id>
      <username>deployment</username>
      <password>deployment123</password>
    </server>
  <server>
        <id>snapshots</id>
        <username>deployment</username>
        <password>deployment123</password>
  </server>



<mirrors>
    <mirror>
      <id>nexus</id>
      <mirrorOf>external:*</mirrorOf>
      <url>http://indlin714:28081/nexus</url>
    </mirror>


<profile>
      <id>nexus</id>
      <!--Enable snapshots for the built in central repo to direct -->
      <!--all requests to nexus via the mirror -->
      <activation>
              <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
         </activation>    
<repositories>
        <repository>
          <id>releases</id>
          <url>http://host:port/nexus/content/repositories/testRepository</url>
          <releases><enabled>true</enabled></releases>
        </repository>
     
  <repository>
         <id>snapshots</id>
          <url>http://host:port/nexus/content/repositories/isr-fnd-public</url>
          <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
         </repository>

</repositories>
     <pluginRepositories>
        <pluginRepository>
          <id>central</id>
          <url>http://central</url>
          <releases><enabled>true</enabled></releases>
          <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
        </pluginRepository>
      </pluginRepositories>
    </profile>


<activeProfiles>
    <!--make the profile active all the time -->
    <activeProfile>nexus</activeProfile>
  </activeProfiles>