Activating a settings.xml Defined Maven Profile From POM File

Question

Our enterprise team maintains a settings.xml file that defines various profiles that development projects can use with Maven to build their artifacts and install th

Answer 1

You can use the activateByDefault tag to specify a default profile to use:

    <profile>
           <id>ProfileToActivate</id>
           <activation>
             <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
           </activation>
    </profile>

Answer 2

After more research, I found a project specific Maven property in Eclipse where I can set the active profiles. You can set this by right-clicking on the project, select "Properties", and select "Maven". You are presented with a text entry box for "Active Maven Profiles (comma separated):".

That solved my problem.

I was looking for a more global solution in Eclipse rather than at the project level. But this seems to work.