Welcome to Exist Maestro Project Server!

Exist Maestro is an open source build management platform with the following open source projects:

  • Archiva for the artifact repository management
  • Continuum for the continuous build integration
  • Maven 2.x as the build tool
  • NPanday Visual Studio Addin - Visual Studio .NET build tool
  • Eclipse IAM - Eclipse IDE Maven integration

If you are new to Exist Maestro, it is recommended that you read the first five documents in the order they are listed here and the rest can be read in any order desired:

  1. Documentation List for Maestro (This document)
  2. Maestro Getting Started Guide
  3. Release Notes
  4. Overview of Maestro
  5. Maestro Project Server
  6. Maestro Build Management
  7. Maestro Artifact Repository
  8. Configuring Maestro for Apache
  9. Configuring Maestro Across Multiple Servers
  10. Configuring Maestro to Build Equinox
  11. Configuring Maestro to Build Jetty
  12. Better Builds with Maven
  13. NPanday .NET Build Tool
  14. Using Eclipse With Maestro

Description of Each Document

Maestro Getting Started Guide - This document is a quick-start installation and running guide for Maestro. It contains instructions for downloading, installing, configuring, and running the Maestro distribution on Mac, UNIX, and Windows for both source and binary distributions.

Release Notes - This document lists all the enhancements, fixes, and open issues for Maestro.

Overview of Maestro - This document explains what Maestro is, what it does, and gives the philosophy and general use cases behind the Maestro product.

Maestro Project Server User Guide - This document is a how-to guide for the Maestro Project Server (MPS). It provides information on the Continuous Integration Server (Apache Continuum) and on the Artifact Repository Management Server (Apache Archiva) that make up the MPS. It also discusses how to automate your release management tasks using the Maestro Project Server.

Configuring Maestro for Apache - This document discusses how to configure Maestro to work in conjunction with Apache and SSL.

Configuring Maestro Across Multiple Servers - This document discusses how to configure Maestro to work with Build Management (Continuum) and the Artifact Repository (Archiva) on separate servers.

Configuring Maestro to Build Equinox - This document is a how-to guide for using Maestro to build a sample application. As the guide leads you through the steps to build Equinox, it will also show you the details of how a typical project is built.

Configuring Maestro to Build Jetty - This document is a how-to guide for using Maestro to build a multi-module sample application. As the guide leads you through the steps to build Jetty, it will also show you the details of how a complex project is built.

Better Builds with Maven - This is a comprehensive how-to guide that covers using Maven 2 to better manage the build, test and release cycles associated with software development.

NPanday .NET Build Tool - This document explains how to install, configure, and use Visual Studio with the NPanday .NET Build Tool.

Using Eclipse with Maestro - This document provides instructions on installing the Maven plugin for the Eclipse integrated development environment.

Maestro Plugins

For a complete list of Maestro Plugins please visit the Maestro Plugins section of the Maestro Getting Started Guide.

Additional Resources and Support

For more details about Maven and the Maestro Project Server, please see:

For information about the latest happening in the Apache Maven community, Eclipse IAM and other activities, visit http://maestrodev.com/forum.

For support contact us at: http://maestrodev.com/what-we-do