In my current project I'm using spring boot i want to exclude all dependencies.
<plugin> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.3.3.RELEASE</version> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>repackage</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <configuration> <mainClass>a.b.testClass</mainClass> <layout>ZIP</layout> <excludeArtifactIds>*</excludeArtifactIds> </configuration> </plugin> Ugly solution that seems to work is to put includes with not existing artifact:
<configuration> <layout>ZIP</layout> <includes> <include> <groupId>abc</groupId> <artifactId>abc</artifactId> </include> </includes> </configuration> Works on version 1.3.3 but there is not guarantee it won't change in next versions.
Or, you can package everything yourself, there are instructions for ant: http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/howto-build.html#howto-build-an-executable-archive-with-ant that can give you list of steps that you need to apply in maven. So:
Include Main Class and Start Class in manifest:
<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <archive> <manifest> <mainClass>org.springframework.boot.loader.PropertiesLauncher</mainClass> </manifest> <manifestEntries> <Start-Class>your.package.YourMainClass</Start-Class> </manifestEntries> </archive> </configuration> </plugin> Skip adding dependencies in lib directory.
Add spring boot loader classes to the root: First you need dependency:
<dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-loader</artifactId> <version>1.3.3.RELEASE</version> </dependency> Then you need to unpack it:
<plugin> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <phase>process-sources</phase> <goals> <goal>unpack</goal> </goals> <configuration> <artifactItems> <artifactItem> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-loader</artifactId> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory> </artifactItem> </artifactItems> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> There might be a better way to put loader classes in root, but this works ok for my project.
You can try this one.
<configuration> <excludes> <exclude> <groupId>*</groupId> <artifactId>*</artifactId> </exclude> </excludes> </configuration> 