How to add the JBoss Maven Repository to Maven

I am following a JBoss course on Edx, but I had a problem that had never occurred to me before with Maven. Maven could not find the dependencies to build the example test project.

The error I got looked like this:

[INFO] Scanning for projects…

[ERROR] [ERROR] Some problems were encountered while processing the POMs:

[ERROR] Non-resolvable import POM: Failure to find org.jboss.bom:jboss-eap-javaee7-with-tools:pom:7.0.2.GA in https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced @ com.redhat.training:parent-pom:1.0, D:\git\JB083x-lab\labs\pom.xml, line 35, column 16

[ERROR] Non-resolvable import POM: Failure to find org.jboss.eap:wildfly-ejb-client-bom:pom:7.0.2.GA-redhat-1 in https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced @ com.redhat.training:parent-pom:1.0, D:\git\JB083x-lab\labs\pom.xml, line 43, column 16

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for javax.enterprise:cdi-api:jar is missing. @ line 25, column 21

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.annotation:jboss-annotations-api_1.2_spec:jar is missing. @ line 33, column 21

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.ws.rs:jboss-jaxrs-api_2.0_spec:jar is missing. @ line 41, column 21

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:jar is missing. @ line 49, column 21

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.ejb:jboss-ejb-api_3.2_spec:jar is missing. @ line 57, column 21

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.jms:jboss-jms-api_2.0_spec:jar is missing. @ line 63, column 21

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:jar is missing. @ line 72, column 21

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-search-orm:jar is missing. @ line 84, column 25

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:jar is missing. @ line 90, column 26

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.faces:jboss-jsf-api_2.2_spec:jar is missing. @ line 98, column 21

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet:jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec:jar is missing. @ line 104, column 21

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-jpamodelgen:jar is missing. @ line 112, column 21

[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-validator-annotation-processor:jar is missing. @ line 120, column 21

 @ 

[ERROR] The build could not read 1 project -> [Help 1]

[ERROR]   

[ERROR]   The project com.redhat.training:hello-web:1.0 (D:\git\JB083x-lab\labs\hello-web\pom.xml) has 15 errors

[ERROR]     Non-resolvable import POM: Failure to find org.jboss.bom:jboss-eap-javaee7-with-tools:pom:7.0.2.GA in https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced @ com.redhat.training:parent-pom:1.0, D:\git\JB083x-lab\labs\pom.xml, line 35, column 16 -> [Help 2]

[ERROR]     Non-resolvable import POM: Failure to find org.jboss.eap:wildfly-ejb-client-bom:pom:7.0.2.GA-redhat-1 in https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced @ com.redhat.training:parent-pom:1.0, D:\git\JB083x-lab\labs\pom.xml, line 43, column 16 -> [Help 2]

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for javax.enterprise:cdi-api:jar is missing. @ line 25, column 21

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.annotation:jboss-annotations-api_1.2_spec:jar is missing. @ line 33, column 21

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.ws.rs:jboss-jaxrs-api_2.0_spec:jar is missing. @ line 41, column 21

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:jar is missing. @ line 49, column 21

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.ejb:jboss-ejb-api_3.2_spec:jar is missing. @ line 57, column 21

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.jms:jboss-jms-api_2.0_spec:jar is missing. @ line 63, column 21

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:jar is missing. @ line 72, column 21

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-search-orm:jar is missing. @ line 84, column 25

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:jar is missing. @ line 90, column 26

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.faces:jboss-jsf-api_2.2_spec:jar is missing. @ line 98, column 21

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet:jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec:jar is missing. @ line 104, column 21

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-jpamodelgen:jar is missing. @ line 112, column 21

[ERROR]     'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-validator-annotation-processor:jar is missing. @ line 120, column 21

[ERROR] 

[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.

[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.

[ERROR] 

[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:

[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/ProjectBuildingException

[ERROR] [Help 2] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/UnresolvableModelException

I googled a bit and I was not able to find a straight solution, but eventually I was able to have Red Hat Code Ready Studio add the JBoss Repository for me.

Otherwise you can do it manually creating the file settings.xml inside your $HOME/.m2/ directory in Linux or inside %USERPROFILE%.m2\ in Windows.

This is the generated file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>redhat-ga-repository</id>
      <repositories>
        <repository>
          <id>redhat-ga-repository</id>
          <name>Red Hat GA repository</name>
          <url>http://maven.repository.redhat.com/ga/</url>
          <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
            <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
          </releases>
          <snapshots>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
            <updatePolicy>daily</updatePolicy>
          </snapshots>
        </repository>
      </repositories>
      <pluginRepositories>
        <pluginRepository>
          <id>redhat-ga-repository</id>
          <name>Red Hat GA repository</name>
          <url>http://maven.repository.redhat.com/ga/</url>
          <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
            <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
          </releases>
          <snapshots>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
            <updatePolicy>daily</updatePolicy>
          </snapshots>
        </pluginRepository>
      </pluginRepositories>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
  <activeProfiles>
    <activeProfile>redhat-ga-repository</activeProfile>
  </activeProfiles>
</settings>