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Maven Configuration Properties

How to configure the Vaadin Maven plugin.

The Vaadin Maven plugin contains configuration for most configurable properties. These can be set either as system properties or configuration parameters for the plugin.

Using Maven Plugin Configuration

The best way to set persistent configuration properties for a Maven project is to set them in the plugin.

<plugin>
    <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
    <artifactId>vaadin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>${vaadin.version}</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <goals>
                <goal>prepare-frontend</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
    <configuration>
        <nodeAutoUpdate>true</nodeAutoUpdate>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

See the full list of properties.

Plugin Configuration Options

The following list shows all the configuration options and their default values:

applicationProperties

Location of the application.properties file in a Spring project. Defaults to ${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/application.properties.

eagerServerLoad

Whether to insert the initial User Interface Definition Language (UIDL) object in the bootstrap index.html. Defaults to false.

frontendDirectory

The directory with the project’s frontend source files. Defaults to "${project.basedir}/frontend".

generatedFolder

The folder where Flow puts generated files that are used by Vite. Defaults to "${project.build.directory}/frontend".

generatedTsFolder

The folder where Flow puts TypeScript API files for client projects. Defaults to "${project.basedir}/frontend/generated".

javaSourceFolder

Java source folders for scanning. Defaults to "${project.basedir}/src/main/java".

javaResourceFolder

Java resource folder. Defaults to "${project.basedir}/src/main/resources".

nodeDownloadRoot

URL to use for downloading Node.js. In environments behind a firewall, the Node.js download can be provided from an intranet mirror. Defaults to null, which downloads Node.js from https://nodejs.org/dist/.

nodeVersion

The Node.js version to be used when Node.js is installed automatically. Should be in the format "v16.0.0". Defaults to FrontendTools.DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION.

nodeAutoUpdate

Flag to enable automatic update of the Node.js version installed in ~/.vaadin if it’s older than the default or defined nodeVersion. Note: any installed version below should work is automatically updated regardless of this flag. Defaults to false.

npmFolder

The folder where the package.json file is located. Defaults to ${project.basedir}.

openApiJsonFile

Default generated path of the OpenAPI JSON. Defaults to ${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/openapi.json.

pnpmEnable

Specifies to use pnpm to install npm frontend resources. Defaults to true.

useGlobalPnpm

Specifies to use the globally installed pnpm tool or the default supported pnpm version. Defaults to false.

productionMode

Define whether the application is running in production mode. Defaults to false. For production, the frontend is bundled and optimized, as described in Deploying to Production.

projectBasedir

The folder where the package.json file is located. Defaults to ${project.basedir}.

requireHomeNodeExec

Whether Vaadin home node executable usage is forced. If it’s set to true, the Vaadin home 'node' is checked, and installed if absent. This is then used instead of a globally or locally installed 'node'. Defaults to false.

resourceOutputDirectory

Defines the output directory for generated non-served resources, such as the token file. Defaults to ${project.build.outputDirectory}/vaadin-generated.

useDeprecatedV14Bootstrapping

Optionally use the legacy V14 bootstrap mode. Defaults to false.

frontendBundleOutput

The folder where Vite (the default frontend build tool) should output index.js and other generated files. Defaults to ${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/VAADIN/webapp/.

projectBuildDir

Build directory for the project. Defaults to ${project.build.directory}.

skipDevBundleRebuild

Prevents frontend development bundle from being re-built even if Vaadin decides to use an existing compiled development bundle. This is mainly needed when re-bundling checker in Flow has issues leading to false re-bundling and one needs a workaround while the problem is being resolved. Defaults to false.

Build Frontend Goal Parameters

The following parameters are used with the build-frontend goal, in addition to the parameters described above.

generateBundle

Whether to generate a bundle from the project frontend sources. Defaults to true.

runNpmInstall

Whether to run the npm install task after updating dependencies. This doesn’t necessarily execute npm install if everything seems to be up to date. Defaults to true.

generateEmbeddableWebComponents

Whether to generate embeddable web components from WebComponentExporter inheritors. Defaults to true.

frontendResourcesDirectory

Defines the project frontend directory from where resources should be copied to use with Vite. Defaults to ${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/frontend.

optimizeBundle

Whether to use a byte code scanner strategy to discover frontend components. Defaults to true.

ciBuild

Defines whether npm ci is run instead of npm i in production frontend builds. If you use pnpm, the install command is run with the --frozen-lockfile parameter. The build fails if the package.json and package-lock.json files have mismatching versions. Defaults to false.

forceProductionBuild

Forces Vaadin to create a new production bundle even if a pre-compiled one can be used. Usually needed to create an optimized production bundle and to load components sources to the browser on demand, i.e. once one opens a route where these components are used. Defaults to false.

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