How to disable maven blocking external HTTP repositories?

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I found a solution to do this by inspecting the commit in the Maven git repository that is responsible for the default HTTP blocking: https://github.com/apache/maven/commit/907d53ad3264718f66ff15e1363d76b07dd0c05f

My solution is as follows:

In the Maven settings (located in ${maven.home}/conf/settings.xml or ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml), the following entry must be removed:

<mirror>
  <id>maven-default-http-blocker</id>
  <mirrorOf>external:http:*</mirrorOf>
  <name>Pseudo repository to mirror external repositories initially using HTTP.</name>
  <url>http://0.0.0.0/</url>
</mirror>

If you work in a project and cannot make sure the Maven settings are always like that, e.g. because you share code with other people or want to use CI/CD with automated testing, you may do the following: Add a directory named .mvn in the project. In the .mvn directory, add a file named maven.config with the content --settings ./.mvn/local-settings.xml. In the .mvn directory, add a file named local-settings.xml. This file should look like this:

<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.2.0"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.2.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.2.0.xsd">
    <mirrors>
        <mirror>
            <id>my-repository-http-unblocker</id>
            <mirrorOf>my-blocked-http-repository</mirrorOf>
            <name></name>
            <url>http://........</url>
        </mirror>
    </mirrors>
</settings>

Where inside the <mirrorOf> tag, you need to specify the id of the blocked repository, and in the <url> tag, you specify the original url of the repository again. You need to create this unblocker mirror for every repository you have that is blocked.

Example:

If you have the following HTTP repositories defined in the pom.xml:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <snapshots>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
        </snapshots>
        <id>central</id>
        <name>libs-release</name>
        <url>http://my-url/libs-release</url>
    </repository>
    <repository>
        <id>snapshots</id>
        <name>libs-snapshot</name>
        <url>http://my-url/libs-snapshot</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

Then you need in the .mvn/local-settings.xml:

<settings>
    <mirrors>
        <mirror>
            <id>release-http-unblocker</id>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <name></name>
            <url>http://my-url/libs-release</url>
        </mirror>
        <mirror>
            <id>snapshot-http-unblocker</id>
            <mirrorOf>snapshots</mirrorOf>
            <name></name>
            <url>http://my-url/libs-snapshot</url>
        </mirror>
    </mirrors>
</settings>

I hope my work can help other people who stumble upon this. However, if you have a more elegant or better solution, please share!

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