Apache Maven Build Cache Extension – Build Cache Parameters

Build Cache Parameters

This document contains various configuration parameters supported by the cache engine.

Command line flags

Parameter	Description	Usage Scenario
`-Dmaven.build.cache.configPath=path to file`	Location of cache configuration file	Cache config is not in default location
`-Dmaven.build.cache.enabled=(true/false)`	Cache and associated features disabled/enabled	To remove noise from logs when the remote cache is not available
`-Dmaven.build.cache.remote.enabled=(true/false)`	Checks and downloads artifacts from the remote cache (overrides <remote enabled=(“true”/“false”)>)	To control remote cache access by node, if, say, some nodes lack reliable access
`-Dmaven.build.cache.remote.save.enabled=(true/false)`	Remote cache save allowed or not	To designate nodes which allowed to push in remote shared cache
`-Dmaven.build.cache.remote.save.final=(true/false)`	Prohibit to override remote cache	Prevents cache records from being overridden by subsequent builds
`-Dmaven.build.cache.remote.url=`	Url of the remote cache (overrides )	To override url of remote cache from command line
`-Dmaven.build.cache.remote.server.id=`	Id of the remote cache server (overrides )	To override id of remote cache server from command line
`-Dmaven.build.cache.failFast=(true/false)`	Fail on the first module which cannot be restored from cache	Remote cache setup/tuning/troubleshooting
`-Dmaven.build.cache.baselineUrl=<http url>`	Location of baseline build for comparison	Remote cache setup/tuning/troubleshooting
`-Dmaven.build.cache.lazyRestore=(true/false)`	Restore artifacts from remote cache lazily	Performance optimization
`-Dmaven.build.cache.restoreGeneratedSources=(true/false)`	Do not restore generated sources and directly attached files	Performance optimization
`-Dmaven.build.cache.alwaysRunPlugins=<list of plugins>`	Comma separated list of plugins to always run regardless of cache state. An example: `maven-deploy-plugin:*,maven-install-plugin:install`	Remote cache setup/tuning/troubleshooting
`-Dmaven.build.cache.skipCache=(true/false)`	Skip looking up artifacts in caches. Does not affect writing artifacts to caches, disables only reading when set to `true`	May be used to trigger a forced rebuild when matching artifacts do exist in caches

Project-level properties

Project-level parameters allowing to override global parameters on the project level. Must be specified as prefixed project properties:


<pom>
    ...
    <properties>
        <maven.build.cache.input.glob>{*.css}</maven.build.cache.input.glob>
    </properties>
</pom>

Parameter	Description
`maven.build.cache.input.glob`	Project specific glob to select sources. Overrides the global glob.
`maven.build.cache.input`	Additional inputs Example : `<maven.build.cache.input.1>src/main/scala<maven.build.cache.input.1>` `<maven.build.cache.input.2>assembly-conf<maven.build.cache.input.2>`
`maven.build.cache.exclude.xxx`	Additional exclusion. Example : `<maven.build.cache.exclude.value.1>src/main/java/package-info.java<maven.build.cache.exclude.value.1>` `<maven.build.cache.exclude.value.2>src/main/resources<maven.build.cache.exclude.value.2>` `<maven.build.cache.exclude.glob.2>.md<maven.build.cache.exclude.glob/2>` Produce two project exclusions : `<exclude>src/main/java/package-info.java</exclude>` `<exclude glob=".md">src/main/resources</exclude>`
`maven.build.cache.processPlugins`	Introspect plugins to find inputs or not. The default value is true.
`maven.build.cache.skipCache`	Skip looking up artifacts for a particular project in caches. The default value is false.
`maven.build.cache.restoreGeneratedSources`	Restore generated sources and directly attached files. The default value is true.