$ mvn archetype:generate \ -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes \ -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart \ -DarchetypeVersion=1.4 \ -DgroupId=mtitek.maven.ear.samples \ -DartifactId=mtitek-maven-ear-samples \ -Dpackage=mtitek.maven.ear.samples \ -Dversion=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT \ -DinteractiveMode=false
You have to modify the created project to adjust it to an EAR project:

• In the file « pom.xml », change the « packaging » value to « ear » (if the packaging element is missing, add a new one)
  <packaging>ear</packaging>
  
• In the file « pom.xml », add the configs of the plugin "maven-ear-plugin" (see bellow an example of the "pom.xml")
  
  
• Clear the contents of the folder « src/main/ »
  $ rm -rf src/main/*
  
• Clear the contents of the folder « src/test/ »
  $ rm -rf src/test/*
  
• In the folder « src/main/ », add a new folder « application » (the contents of this folder will be added to the "ear" file of the application)
  $ mkdir src/main/application
  
• In the folder « application », you can add the folder « META-INF ».
  
  
• In the folder « application », you can also add other configuration files specific to the application server where the EAR will be deployed.
  
  

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>mtitek.maven.ear.samples</groupId> <artifactId>mtitek-maven-ear-samples</artifactId> <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>ear</packaging> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>mtitek.maven.jar.samples</groupId> <artifactId>mtitek-maven-jar-samples</artifactId> <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <type>jar</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>mtitek.maven.war.samples</groupId> <artifactId>mtitek-maven-war-samples</artifactId> <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <type>war</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>mtitek.maven.ejb.samples</groupId> <artifactId>mtitek-maven-ejb-samples</artifactId> <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <type>ejb</type> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.10.1</version> <configuration> <version>7</version> <defaultLibBundleDir>lib</defaultLibBundleDir> <filtering>true</filtering> <modules> <ejbModule> <groupId>mtitek.maven.ejb.samples</groupId> <artifactId>mtitek-maven-ejb-samples</artifactId> <bundleDir>/</bundleDir> </ejbModule> <webModule> <groupId>mtitek.maven.war.samples</groupId> <artifactId>mtitek-maven-war-samples</artifactId> <bundleDir>/</bundleDir> <contextRoot>/cr/warPackage</contextRoot> </webModule> </modules> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project>
Build the project:
$ mvn clean install