How to configure a Maven pom.xml to access a remote Maven repository

Before you begin, you must have:

• Installed the Maven repository client on your workstation, or you can download the latest version of Maven now.
  
  
• Requested and received confirmation that a Developer Tools Team account has been created.  You can request a Developer Tools Team account at any time.
  
  

These instuctions assume the following:

• The name of the Maven Repository server is maven.mit.edu.
  
  

The M.I.T. public repositories can be accessed by using either http or https.

For instructions on how the configure Maven for https, refer to:

To access a remote maven repository, add a <repositories> element to the Maven project's pom.xml.

For example, to use the Public M.I.T. Maven Repositories via http, add the following to Maven project pom.xml.

<project>
    ...
    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>PublicMitRepositoriesGroup</id>
            <name>PublicMitRepositoriesGroup</name>
            <url>http://maven.mit.edu/nexus/content/groups/PublicMitRepositoriesGroup</url>
        </repository>
    </repositories>
    ...
</project>