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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">
+
+    <servers>
+        <server>
+            <id>nexus-snapshots</id>
+            <username>${maven.deploy.username}</username>
+            <password>${maven.deploy.password}</password>
+        </server>
+        <server>
+            <id>nexus-releases</id>
+            <username>${maven.deploy.username}</username>
+            <password>${maven.deploy.password}</password>
+        </server>
+    </servers>
+
+</settings>
+