Where is the settings.xml used by maven in the Spring Tool Suite?
eclipse, java, maven, spring
Solution
I may be off-mark as I've never used STS myself, but if I understand correctly it is just a pre-packaged Eclipse distribution. If I'm correct your installation only contains an embedded version of Maven, but not a command line accessible one. You need to install one from here.
With the 3.x releases of Eclipse I found that you need to have your installation point to an external Maven installation for Eclipse to make use of the `settings.xml` files. Once you installed a downloaded version you can choose `Window -> Preferences -> Maven -> Installations`, press `Add...` and point to the version you just installed.
Problem
I'd like to set the ftp servers for deploying from STS as described here: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/examples/deploy-ftp.html It should be in the settings.xml. According to documentation settings is in either of 2: - The Maven install: $M2_HOME/conf/settings.xml - A user's install: ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml Where is the $M2_HOME. In other terms when working from STS(Eclipse), what is the installation folder for maven in this case. I can't find a settings.xml in ${user.home}/.m2/ . I worked under Windows 7 Those 2 threads are related but do not provide a clear answer that worked for me at least: - maven doesnt seem to be installing with springsource tool suite - Eclipse (STS) + Maven , I have nothing appearing in the screenshot suggested in this last thread. Thx in advance