Configuring MAVEN_HOME in Jenkins
Jenkins is an open source automation server that can be using to configure Continuous Integration for rojects written in many programming languages. Let's consider the case of an that is Java-based and, which has Maven as a build tool.
We need to tell Jenkins where the installable directory is available.
Getting ready
Download the required Maven version or install automatically.
How to do it...
- Open the Jenkins dashboard.
- Go to
Manage Jenkins
. - Go to
Global Tool Configuration
to configure the tools, their locations, and automatic installers. - Go to the Maven section.
- Give the
Name
and click onInstall Automatically
, or give the path to the existing location where the Maven installation is available. - You can give a logical name such as
Maven 3.5.0
orMaven 3.4.0
to identify the correct version while configuring a build job:

- You can add multiple Mavens based on the version in Jenkins.
How it works...
When you create a build job in Jenkins and configure it, you need to specify the Maven version that will be used by the build execution. You can use existing Maven installation available on the system as well if you don't want to install automatically.