mvn -gs cml_settings.xml deploy:deploy-file -Dfile=engine1.xml -DgroupId=com.bae.meta.cml.engines -DartifactId=engine1 -Dversion=0.0.1 -Dpackaging=xml -DgeneratePom=true -Durl='http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local' -DrepositoryId=cml2

You can upload as non-anonymous, provided proper credentials are in
settings.xml, and the server id matches the repositoryId used in the mvn deploy
line.

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POM-less deployment of standalone XML file to Artifactory
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Note: in the below example, we overload the "packaging" parameter to mean "file extension".

$ mvn deploy:deploy-file -Dfile=engine1.xml -DgroupId=com.bae.meta.cml.engines -DartifactId=engine1 -Dversion=0.0.1 -Dpackaging=xml -DgeneratePom=true -Durl='http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local'
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-deploy-plugin:2.5:deploy-file (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
Uploading: http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.xml
Uploaded: http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.xml (50 B at 0.5 KB/sec)
Uploading: http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.pom
Uploaded: http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.pom (433 B at 3.0 KB/sec)
Downloading: http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/maven-metadata.xml
Downloaded: http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/maven-metadata.xml (365 B at 5.7 KB/sec)
Uploading: http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/maven-metadata.xml
Uploaded: http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/maven-metadata.xml (338 B at 7.0 KB/sec)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1.077s
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Aug 24 11:25:52 EDT 2011
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/111M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Query repository for artifacts with ID pattern "engine*"
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$ curl -X GET -u admin:password 'http://localhost:8888/artifactory/api/search/artifact?name=engine*'
{
    "results":[
        {"uri":"http://localhost:8888/artifactory/api/storage/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.xml"},
        {"uri" :"http://localhost:8888/artifactory/api/storage/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.pom"}
    ]
}

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Grab the downloadUri value in the search results.
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$ curl -X GET -u admin:password 'http://localhost:8888/artifactory/api/storage/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.xml' 
{ "checksums" : { "md5" : "2498ba08bbd5c21aa8c80089fb3d5049",
      "sha1" : "b2ff9609ca0233d4c20ac667a082754c0575b7e1"
    },
  "created" : "2011-08-24T11:16:04.482-04:00",
  "createdBy" : "anonymous",
  "downloadUri" : "http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.xml",
  "lastModified" : "2011-08-24T11:25:52.224-04:00",
  "lastUpdated" : "2011-08-24T11:25:52.224-04:00",
  "metadataUri" : "http://localhost:8888/artifactory/api/storage/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.xml?mdns",
  "mimeType" : "application/xml",
  "modifiedBy" : "anonymous",
  "originalChecksums" : { "md5" : "2498ba08bbd5c21aa8c80089fb3d5049",
      "sha1" : "b2ff9609ca0233d4c20ac667a082754c0575b7e1"
    },
  "path" : "/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.xml",
  "repo" : "libs-release-local",
  "size" : 50,
  "uri" : "http://localhost:8888/artifactory/api/storage/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.xml"
}

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Download the artifact (referred to by downloadUri).
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$ curl -X GET -u admin:password 'http://localhost:8888/artifactory/libs-release-local/com/bae/meta/cml/engines/engine1/0.0.1/engine1-0.0.1.xml'

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