This component is an implementation of Wagon provider for FTP access. It uses commons-net as lower level layer.
It enables Maven to use remote repositories stored in FTP servers. It doesn't allow deployment of directories.
<project>
...
<distributionManagement>
...
<site>
<id>ftp.server.id</id>
<!--<url>ftp://ftp.example.com</url>-->
<url>ftps://secure.example.com</url>
</site>
</distributionManagement>
...
<build>
<extensions>
<extension>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
<artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId>
</extension>
</extensions>
...
</build>
...
</project>