Maven: Trying to Deploy with credentials in settings.xml file

This seemed to be working last week and now it doesn't.

We use Artifactory as our Maven repository.
I am deploying a jar and pom using the deploy:deploy-file goal
Our Artifactory repository requires authentication to deploy.

I can deploy to the repository by embedding my credentials in the server URL on the command line:

 $ mvn deploy:deploy-file \
     -Durl=http://deployer:swordfish@repo.veggiecorp.com/artifactory/ext-release-local \
     -Dfile=crypto.jar \
     -DpomFile=pom.xml \
     -Did=VeggieCorp
  yadda...yadda...yadda...
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] Total time: 0.962s
  [INFO] Finished at: Mon Aug 20 10:06:04 CDT 2012
  [INFO] Final Memory: 4M/118M
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

However, that whole deployment gets logged and my credentials would be visible in the log. Therefore, I want to be able to deploy without my credentials on the command line. To do that, I have a $HOME/.m2/settings.xml file:

<settings>
    <proxies>
        <proxy>
            <active>true</active>
            <protocol>http</protocol>
            <host>proxy.veggiecorp.com</host>
            <port>3128</port>
            <nonProxyHosts>*.veggiecorp.com</nonProxyHosts>
        </proxy>
    </proxies>
    <servers>
        <server>
            <id>VeggieCorp</id>
            <username>deployer</username>
            <password>swordfish</password>
        </server>
    </servers>
    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>VeggieCorp</id>
            <activation>
                 <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
            <repositories>
                <repository>
                    <id>VeggieCorp</id>
                    <name>VeggieCorp's Maven Repository</name>
                    <releases>
                        <enabled>true</enabled>
                        <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
                        <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
                    </releases>
                    <snapshots>
                        <enabled>false</enabled>
                        <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
                        <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
                    </snapshots>
                    <url>http://repo.veggiecorp.com/artifactory/ext-release-local</url>
                    <layout>default</layout>
                </repository>
            </repositories>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
    <activeProfiles>
        <activeProfile>VeggieCorp</activeProfile>
    </activeProfiles>
</settings>

Now, I'll try deploying again, but without putting the user name and password in the URL:

 $ mvn deploy:deploy-file \
     -Durl=http://repo.veggiecorp.com/artifactory/ext-release-local \
     -Dfile=crypto.jar \
     -DpomFile=pom.xml \
     -Did=VeggieCorp
yadda...yadda...yadda
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.751s
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Aug 20 10:17:15 CDT 2012
[INFO] Final Memory: 4M/119M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy-  file (default-cli) on project crypto:
 Failed to deploy artifacts: Could not transfer artifact  
    com.veggiecorp:crypto:jar:2.0.0 from/to remote-repository 
    (http://mvn.veggiecorp.com/artifactory/ext-release-local):
    Failed to transfer file:
    http://mvn.veggiecorp.com/artifactory/ext-release-local/com/veggiecorp/crypto/2.0.0/crypto-2.0.0.jar.
    Return code is: 401, ReasonPhrase:Unauthorized. -> [Help 1]

(I've reformatted the output to make it easier to see. I'm getting a 401 "Unauthorized" error)

So, what am I doing wrong? Why can't I use my .settings.xml file to do my credentials? The proxy part does work because it can download the needed plugins from the main Maven repository.

Solution

You need to provide the repositoryId=VeggieCorp (not id) property so that maven knows from which <server> configuration it has to read the credentials.

$ mvn deploy:deploy-file \
 -Durl=http://repo.veggiecorp.com/artifactory/ext-release-local \
 -Dfile=crypto.jar \
 -DpomFile=pom.xml \
 -DrepositoryId=VeggieCorp

See http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/deploy-file-mojo.html

Server Id to map on the <id> under <server> section of settings.xml In most cases, this parameter will be required for authentication.