Nathan Coast ear Default goal - see ear:ear ear:ear constructs the ear file from the compiled sources and resources. ear:install Installs the generated ear file into the local repository ear:install-snapshot Install the snapshot version of the ear in the local repository ear:deploy Deploy the ear to the remote repository(ies) ear:deploy-snapshot Deploy the snapshot version of the ear to the remote repository(ies) ear:generate-ear-descriptor Generates application.xml file based on information from POM