settings-example.xml

<!--
    this settings can be bypassed by an environment variable

JARS_MAVEN_SETTINGS=/path/to/settings.xml

    or via a java system property

jars.maven.settings=/path/to/settings.xml

-->
<settings>
  <mirrors>
    <mirror>
      <id>maven-central-mirror</id>
      <!-- mirror maven central -->
      <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
      <url>https://artifactory.example.com/artifactory/all</url>
    </mirror>
  </mirrors>

  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>mavencentral</id>
      <!--
	  
	  http://books.sonatype.com/nexus-book/reference/config-maven.html

          mvn has a hardcoded “central” repo, and unless you reconfigure it to
	  something unrelsolvable it will still attempt to use that vs. your
	  mirror

      -->
      <repositories>
        <repository>
          <id>central</id>
          <url>http://central</url>
          <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
          </releases>
          <snapshots>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
          </snapshots>
        </repository>
      </repositories>
      <pluginRepositories>
        <pluginRepository>
          <id>central</id>
          <url>http://central</url>
          <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
          </releases>
          <snapshots>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
          </snapshots>
        </pluginRepository>
      </pluginRepositories>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
  <activeProfiles>
    <activeProfile>mavencentral</activeProfile>
  </activeProfiles>
</settings>