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Prefer automated releases instead of releasing manually
See setting up automated plugin release instead of this guide. |
Make sure you have permissions to release the plugin. See this guide to learn more details
You will need to tell Maven your credentials to access Artifactory.
To obtain your encrypted password from Artifactory, follow these steps:
Log in to Artifactory.
Click your user name on the top right and from the menu select "Set me up".
Select "Maven" as package type (ignore the repository selection and the message about lack of permissions).
Enter your login password below and click the unlock button.
Click "Generate Settings" at the bottom.
Click "Download Snippet".
Open the downloaded XML file and look for your encrypted password. Ignore everything else in this file.
Create the file ~/.m2/settings.xml (~ representing your user home directory, e.g. /home/yourname or C:\Users\yourname) if needed, and make sure it contains the <servers> element as shown below:
<settings xmlns="https://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="https://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
<servers>
<server>
<id>maven.jenkins-ci.org</id> (1)
<username>your_user_name_here</username>
<password>your_encrypted_password_here</password>
</server>
</servers>
</settings>
| 1 | This is not a valid host name anymore, but still the ID used by default in the Jenkins plugin parent POM.
You may need to add additional <server> entries if your plugin POM overrides the inherited Maven <distributionManagement>, but this should be rare. |
Maven Release Plugin will automatically push to the repository when performing a release, so you need to set up GitHub to accept your SSH key.
See the GitHub help on SSH for more information.
With GitHub and Maven credentials set up, performing a release should be as easy as running the following command:
mvn release:prepare release:perform
First, make sure your plugin uses a reasonably up to date parent POM. This will prevent the vast majority of problems in releasing the plugin, such as outdated Maven plugins, or obsolete host names.
Unauthorized means that your credentials were invalid, or not sent by Maven.
Make sure you’ve updated your encrypted password since the last time you changed your password on the account app.
The two most common explanations for this error:
You don’t have permission to upload to the specified path. Learn more about how to request upload permissions. Check that the path you’re allowed to upload to matches the actual upload attempt (i.e. no typos).
The specified release already exists and you try to overwrite it. We do not allow replacing existing releases. Specify a different, previously unused version number during the release process.
If none of the provided solutions help, send an email to the Jenkins developers mailing list and explain what you did, and how it failed.