We are pleased to announce the Maven Appserver Plugin 2.1-SNAPSHOT release! 

http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/appserver/


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Changes in this version include:

  New Features:

o Add Orion 2.0.x support Fixes MPAPPSERVER-4. Thanks to Matt Smith. 
o Add server debugging support to Tomcat 4.1.x Fixes MPAPPSERVER-5. Thanks to 
  Guillaume Lasnier. 

  Fixed bugs:

o Make runtime appserver properties play nice with console after multiple 
  goal invocations Fixes MPAPPSERVER-7. Thanks to Peter Lynch.  

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To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line:

maven plugin:download
  -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://www.ibiblio.org/maven,http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-snapshot-repository/
  -DgroupId=maven
  -DartifactId=maven-appserver-plugin
  -Dversion=2.1-SNAPSHOT

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-appserver-plugin-2.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
 

Have fun!
-The Maven Appserver Plugin development team