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Question

I have configured a simple maven freestyle project. I was able to successfully build the project but not deploy to Nexus. I get this error:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.8.1:deploy (default-deploy) on project eqs_utility: Failed to deploy artifacts: Could not find artifact com.companyName.eqs:eqs_utility:jar:1.0.1-20190529.191240-1 in nexus (https://nexus.companyRepo.com/repository/maven-snapshot/) -> [Help 1]
I have tried to change configurations to simplify the project but still nothing. Setting.xml changes.
EDITED
I added the following to my POM.xml
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
<id>nexus</id>
<name>Company Nexus Repository</name>
<url>https://nexus.mycompany.com/repository/maven-release/</url>
</repository>
<snapshotRepository>
<uniqueVersion>true</uniqueVersion>
<id>nexus</id>
<name>Company Nexus Snapshots</name>
<url>https://nexus.companyName.com/repository/maven-snapshot/</url>
</snapshotRepository>
</distributionManagement>
Then, updated my settings.xml with this
<server>
<id>nexus</id>
<filePermissions>664</filePermissions>
<directoryPermissions>775</directoryPermissions>
</server>
<!-- Another sample, using keys to authenticate. -->
<server>
<id>nexus</id>
<username>NexusUser</username>
<password>MyLongTokenValueHere</password>
</server>

Answer 1

According to Apache Maven Deploy Plugin setup
You need a section:
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<id>internal.repo</id>
<name>MyCo Internal Repository</name>
<url>Host to Company Repository</url>
</repository>
</distributionManagement>
As you're using Nexus, you probably need a section in the pom that aligns with your nexus repositories (one for snapshots and one for release artifacts since you can't combine them in nexus):
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<id>mavenrepository</id>
<url>http://mavenrepository.companyName.com/nexus/content/repositories/m3</url>
</repository>
<snapshotRepository>
<id>tmavenrepository</id>
<url>http://mavenrepository.companyName.com/nexus/content/repositories/m3-snapshots</url>
</snapshotRepository>
</distributionManagement>
Plus of course, in your local settings or other private location
<server>
<id>mavenrepository</id>
<username>maven</username>
<password>foobar</password>
</server>
This is described by Sonatype and cleaner by others.