Maven: how to copy artifact to specific directory?

Question

The \"install\" goal copies the artifact to the target directory and to the local repository.

How can I tell Maven to copy it also to a given directory

Answer 1

The goal copy of maven-dependency-plugin does what you want, see the example.

It is however not a good idea to copy anything outside your target directory (or ${project.build.directory} to be precise) - especially if such action is attached to a build phase, because it introduces unexpected side-effects of the build, and sometimes even loss of reproducibility.

As @Andreas_D notes, there is a better alternative for JBoss deployment purpose; similarly for deploying to other appservers.